Welcome to the vFunction Blog where you’ll find the archive of all our blogs and related blog content.
AI is here to stay in all aspects of the economy, but its role is still undecided. It can play a part in automating customer support, managing administrative tasks, and improving documentation. But AI can go much deeper by monitoring systems, combing through data to ask and answer its own questions, and manufacturing systems with […]
Technical debt is more than just a weight that drags down all of your development projects and app performance with delays, lags, and extra costs. It’s also an indicator of business success and failure: strong technical debt management correlates with better business growth and revenue, while poor management correlates with incomplete and poorly done attempts […]
As a software architect, your job is to dive into a complex codebase, only to be constantly reminded of the challenges posed by legacy systems or architectural drift from ongoing releases. These systems, which evolve over time, can be overwhelming. And don’t get me started on legacy code, presenting its unique set of challenges. It […]
There comes a time when every organization will no longer be able to rely on its legacy apps for efficient business operations. Large monoliths, local server-based storage, and other factors can result in the need to migrate to a more modern solution. It’s why according to IBM, 83% of IT executives believe that app modernization […]
“Not all debt is bad debt” is a concept typically reserved for financial experts and budgeting gurus. There are, after all, good types of debt: mortgage loans, well-researched business loans, and even credit card debt that is paid off every month without ever charging interest. The issue is bad debt: high-interest car loans, personal loans, […]
Technical debt is a broad topic that’s getting a lot of attention—and for good reason. The industry has a growing number of horror stories about outright infrastructural failures, and every company that’s older than a couple of years can almost feel the shadow of unresolved technical debt through slowdowns in release cycles, glitchy performance, and […]
Following best practices for continuous modernization minimizes technical debt. Monitoring tools such as logs and traces highlight accumulating application debt. Once identified, the weaknesses are added to the list of iterative changes in the development pipeline. Little by little, companies pay down their debt. Unfortunately, not all debt appears as bugs or coding inefficiencies. Sometimes, […]
Technical Debt. If those two words send you running from the room, you are not alone. A recent survey found that 70% of respondents said technical debt inhibited their ability to innovate. Even though 79% of organizations had defined goals, only 54% could outline a strategy for reducing debt. Without continuous architectural observability, it is […]
Post originally featured on VMblog. There’s no doubt that 2024 will usher in an exciting era of new Generative AI solutions across a range of business and personal use cases. Under that noise, there are some serious issues across IT and software engineering organizations that need serious attention and are on the brink of big […]
Continuous software modernization is the key to scalability, security, and minimizing both technical debt and architectural drift. Technical debt is a major issue for today’s organizations, costing companies a significant percentage of their tech budgets and limiting growth. According to a survey by McKinsey, 3 out of 10 CIOs dedicate more than 20% of their […]
