Technical Glossary

Terms you should know

Clear, practical definitions of key software development concepts. For founders, product managers and technical teams.

Five object-oriented design principles for creating maintainable, extensible and robust code.

Principle stating that every piece of knowledge should have a single representation in the system.

Design principle that prioritises simplicity: the simplest solution that works is almost always the best.

Accumulated cost of suboptimal technical decisions that generates "interest" in the form of extra work.

First functional version of a product designed to validate key business hypotheses with minimum effort.

Fundamental structure of a software system: components, relationships and principles guiding its design.

Ability of a system to handle growth in users, data or load without degrading performance.

External technical leadership model for companies without an internal CTO or with specific needs.

Hiring model where external professionals are added to temporarily reinforce an internal team.

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