Analysismaintainabilitylegacy systemstestingrefactoring
Developers Face Growing Software Maintenance Burden
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Development teams increasingly find that software maintenance consumes the majority of engineering effort, with developers often spending more than half of their working hours on upkeep, debugging, and integration. The article outlines causes — technical debt, legacy systems, testing gaps, and complex integrations — and recommends mitigation strategies such as automated testing, regular refactoring, improved documentation, and AI-assisted code analysis.
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