# We invested 10% to pay back tech debt; Here's what happened

<https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/tech-debt-day>

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## What Jamie wrote

Super simple approach to dealing with software modernization as well as the results that came from it. On the face of it, I would argue against this approach with the reason being that static allocation of investment (10%) is too simple to factor in the opportunities you are evaluating. On the flip side though, Keep-It-Simple-Stupid is a real thing and simple allocations sometimes work better, even if not optimal.

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- [WT240: Weekly Thing #240 / Shapes, Tags, Ubiquity](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/240/), Notable

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