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How to build software that’s ready for the handoff

Writing software with future engineers in mind
February 08, 2022

As a leader at a digital agency, I often hear the same question from clients after walking them through a proposal: ‘What happens when you leave the building? How will my engineers be able to take this over and own it?’

This is also a great question for any senior technical leader to ask themselves as they embark on new projects. As you determine an architecture, make foundational choices, and lay the groundwork for a system rewrite or new codebase, it’s important that you keep your succession plan top of mind.

We all know that good software is never truly done: as long as users need it, it will have many keepers, maintainers, builders, and architects growing, scaling, and evolving it and making sure it’s humming along going forward.

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