Technical Debt & ArchitectureMay 18, 20263 min read
The Hidden Cost of "Works Fine" Legacy Systems
A stable legacy system is an asset right up until the moment somebody needs to change it. Buyers price the change, not the stability.
Uptime is a weak signal of health. Plenty of systems run for years without incident and still cannot absorb a new integration, a compliance requirement, or a pricing change without months of work.
What a buyer tests instead
- Time to ship the last three meaningful features
- Whether anyone currently employed can modify the oldest components
- Availability of support for the runtime and dependencies
Stability with no capacity for change is a liability under new ownership, because every buyer arrives with a roadmap.
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