Context: Technical debt (TD) refers to non-optimal decisions made in software projects that
may lead to short-term benefits, but potentially harm the system's maintenance in the long …

Software teams are often asked to deliver new features within strict deadlines leading
developers to deliberately or inadvertently serve “not quite right code” compromising …

Context Previous work has shown that one can explore code comments to detect Self-
Admitted Technical Debt (SATD) using a contextualized vocabulary. However, current …

Abstract Background: Measuring and understanding Technical Debt (TD) is quite complex
since there are a number of different definitions and techniques that have been proposed in …

Context: Modularity is a key concept in software development. Well-modularized systems
are easier to maintain and evolve, but achieving good modularity is difficult. Concerns that …

Context. Technical debt (TD) monitoring allows software professionals to track the evolution
of debt incurred in their projects. The technical literature has listed several practices used in …

Today's fast-growing and ever-changing business environments force software development
teams to release high-quality software on a tight schedule. The notion of technical debt (TD) …

Objective In this study I focus on the difference between technical debt and security debt. I
investigate the fixing rate of the debt to understand which issues are fixed in higher …

Context. Technical debt (TD) items are constructs in a software system providing short-term
benefits but hindering future changes. TD management (TDM) is frequently researched but …

Contexto: A eXcomment é uma ferramenta que minera comentários em código-fonte para
identificar itens de Dívida técnica (DT) de maneira automatizada. Problema: Após estudos …