Writing code is cheap. Maintaining it is where the cost accumulates.

Everything went fast in the first sprints. But suddenly, as time went on, it took longer and longer to make a change. How to solve this?

👋 Hello, this is Valentina with the free edition of the Optivem Journal. I help Engineering Leaders & Senior Software Developers apply TDD in Legacy Code.

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The cost of software is NOT in writing it.

The real cost is:
maintaining it,
changing it,
debugging it,
extending it,
and understanding it years later.

Does code quality matter?

I came to realize that software maintenance has a high cost because:

• Tightly coupled architecture → a “small” change ripples across half the codebase

• No tests or poor tests → no protection when making a change

• Unreadable code → hard to make any change (update code or add new feature)

With poor technical practices, software maintenance costs skyrocket, become unmanageable, and eventually, like an avalanche, destroy successful products.

Clean Architecture and testing are NOT optional.

That’s why I want to show you how to design your architecture such that it is maintainable & testable.

Join the live session:

Clean Architecture for Backend Developers

🗓 Aug 26
⏰ 5:00–6:30 PM (CEST)