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+title: "The Psychological Impact of Technical Debt"
+date: 2023-05-22T12:49:33-04:00
+draft: false
+---
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+Thesis: technical debt incurs an invisible psychological cost that can undermine the success of your project.
+
+* ["Measuring affective states from technical debt"][1] ([PDF][2])
+* ["The influence of Technical Debt on software developer morale"][3] ([PDF][4])
+
+[1]: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10664-021-09998-w
+[2]: s10664-021-09998-w.pdf
+[3]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0164121220300674
+[4]: Pre_proof_MTD_JSS.pdf
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