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CommentDo you add TODOs to your code?

Dana Ross

Building the web since 1996. Full-stack developer, feral & abused cat socializer, tech history buff. Director of Engineering at 10up.

Jun 20, 2017

For work projects, I have the team take TODOs out of their code and put them into our own list in the project management system. That way, our technical debt stays in front of the engineers & project managers in an ever-growing list. Every time there's unused hours at the end of the month (and it happens), we can prioritize the items on that list and spend time on some of those items.

My personal projects are usually managed in Github so I create issues to track them.

Sandeep Panda

co-founder, Hashnode

Jun 20, 2017

I have the team take TODOs out of their code and put them into our own list in the project management system

Interesting strategy! :)

Dana Ross

Building the web since 1996. Full-stack developer, feral & abused cat socializer, tech history buff. Director of Engineering at 10up.

Jun 20, 2017

It's easy to sell retainer clients on the value of it. It's like cleaning your desk on a Friday so everything's organized when you start the day on Monday. If they're going to lose the hours at the end of the month, why not use them to clean up the digital working environment, too? We get rid of old, abandoned Git branches, deal with technical debt, document code & workflows, and sometimes even write tests so future work goes more smoothly.