Asking about technical debt: Characteristics and automatic identification of technical debt questions on stack overflow

N Kozanidis, R Verdecchia, E Guzmán - Proceedings of the 16th ACM …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Background: Q&A sites allow to study how users reference and request support on technical
debt. To date only few studies, focusing on narrow aspects, investigate technical debt on …

What is asked about technical debt (TD) on Stack Exchange question-and-answer (Q&A) websites? An observational study

R Alfayez, Y Ding, R Winn, G Alfayez, C Harman… - Empirical Software …, 2023 - Springer
Technical debt (TD) is a term coined by agile software pioneer Ward Cunningham to
account for the added software system effort or cost resulting from taking early software …

Technical debt on agile projects: Managers' point of view at stack exchange

EP Santos, F Gomes, S Freire, M Mendonça… - Proceedings of the XXI …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Context: The literature has proposed different approaches for Agile software development
technical debt (ASD-TD) management, they are usually based on the point of view of …

Exploring Technical Debt in Security Questions on Stack Overflow

JA Edbert, SJ Oishwee, S Karmakar… - 2023 ACM/IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Background: Software security is crucial to ensure that the users are protected from
undesirable consequences such as malware attacks which can result in loss of data and …

Investigating the point of view of project management practitioners on technical debt: a preliminary study on stack exchange

F Gomes, EP Santos, S Freire, M Mendonça… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Context: Technical debt (TD) can bring short-term benefits to software projects, but its
presence is also associated with issues such as decreasing product quality. Recent …

Investigating the point of view of project management practitioners on technical debt-a study on stack exchange

F Gomes, E Santos, S Freire… - Journal of Software …, 2023 - journals-sol.sbc.org.br
Context: Technical debt (TD) can bring short-term benefits to software projects, but its
presence is associated with issues such as decreasing product quality. Recent literature has …

Evolution of code technical debt in microservices architectures

K Maggi, R Verdecchia, L Scommegna… - Journal of Systems and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Context: Microservices are gaining significant traction in academic research and industry
due to their advantages, and technical debt has long been a heavily researched metric in …

Sentiment of Technical Debt Security Questions on Stack Overflow: A Replication Study

J Jansen, N Cassee… - 2024 IEEE International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Technical debt (TD) refers to the accumulation of negative consequences resulting from sub-
optimal solutions during software development. A recent paper by Edbert et al. studied the …

Requirements Engineering Issues Experienced by Software Practitioners: A Study on Stack Exchange

S Freire, F Gomes, L Barbosa, TS Mendes… - … Working Conference on …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract [Context and Motivation] Requirements engineering (RE) is central to software
development. Despite its importance, there are many issues related to its enactment …

Technical debt (TD) through the lens of Twitter: A survey

R Alfayez, R Winn, Y Ding, G Alfayez… - Journal of Software …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Technical debt (TD) is a metaphor used to refer to the added software system costs acquired
from taking shortcuts. Unfortunately, large amounts of TD can lead to serious consequences …