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" ... Finucane: Express Scripts and Amex both have mainframe environments that have been around for decades. At the same time, Yahoo! had a huge legacy of tech debt that was created early on in the Internet era. It built its own NoSQL database starting in 1994, and while the company figured out how to make it run for a while, it certainly was not the most modern technology stack. Even by the early 2000s, much of what was done at Yahoo! was antiquated. Zynga had a similar problem. Similar to many digital native organizations, everything was moving so fast that it was all held together with duct tape and baling wire. Tech debt exists in all of our worlds, regardless of the company’s age. ... "
" ... Is a big round bale really better, or easier to work with, than a smaller square bale? In some ways, the answer is definitely yes. Square or rectangular bales are more work to move, stack, and store, and they need more time to dry between cutting and baling than big round ones. ... "
" ... So you've now got your business up and running. You’ve got the investment capital, at least enough to get you through a few months (usually your own or a loan from your generous Uncle Fred) and a lot energy. You have office space, maybe a few staff, and an idea. You are just missing one thing; customers. How to get them?Where do you start? Especially if you don't have a huge marketing budget. As we say on the farm, sometimes if you can't afford the part for the tractor, you have to keep it together with duct tape and baling wire until you can afford to buy the new part. A shoestring would look obese compared to what you have available to spend on marketing your business. So let's start with a few basic ways to economically make your business more visible. ... "
" ... • Legacy Technologies: When infrastructure gets old, it begins to fail. Failures generally start small and can build to much larger issues in the enterprise. Additionally, continuously adding more duct tape and baling wire to make new and old technology stay together can become detrimental to the bottom line and, as with sprawl, expose the enterprise to additional risks. ... "