# Technical Debt and Legacy Code: Techniques for Improving Code Health

DevFeed: [Technical Debt and Legacy Code: Techniques for Improving Code Health](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/technical-debt-guru-level-unlocked-34668.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://fernandocejas.com/blog/engineering/2020-03-13-technical-debt-guru-level-unlocked/>)

Author: Fernando Cejas (me@fernandocejas.com)

Published: 2020-03-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Fernando Cejas Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fernando-cejas-blog.md>)

Topics: [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [legacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/legacy.md>), [maintenance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintenance.md>), [Unit testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/unit-testing.md>)

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## AI overview

The article discusses technical debt, legacy code, and software project health. It introduces legacy code as code without tests and explores techniques and strategies for measuring and addressing these maintenance challenges.

## Source excerpt

As **Software Engineers** we know that **Technical Debt** and **Legacy Code** are familiar concepts we have to live with. **Code healthiness and maintenance are challenging**, so let's dive into **tips and techniques on how to effectively address this problem.**