January 2026

All articles from January 2026.

The Tech Debt Sprint Will Not Save You

A debt sprint is a confession, not a strategy. It’s an admission that debt was never part of normal prioritization, dressed up as a responsible act. If you’re a PM who has ever scheduled one, you already know this. You felt the relief when it landed on the roadmap, and you felt the velocity drop resume two sprints later. Technical debt doesn’t accumulate despite your backlog decisions. It accumulates because of them.

· Strategy, Practice · 7 min read

Patch Your Product Spec

Your product spec was written once, then abandoned the moment the first sprint started. Now your backlog is the only record of intent. It’s not a plan. It’s a pile of corrections to a plan that was never revisited. But once you see User Stories as Product Spec patches, you can begin managing accordingly. This shift changes everything.

· Documentation · 6 min read

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