Your 2026 Ecommerce Budget Needs a Technical-Debt Line Item
Technical debt rarely announces itself as technical debt. It appears as: “Deployments are taking longer.” “We cannot upgrade because of this extension.” “Only one developer understands that integration.” “Do not touch checkout.” “That cron sometimes fails. Just restart it.” Each statement represents future cost. Measure Debt by Business Friction Do not create a 400-item engineering wish list. Group debt into business categories. Security Debt Unsupported software, outdated extensions, excessive Admin privileges and