I don't have any technical debt

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Claim: the Bank ID Android app used by millions of Norwegians becomes faster to change by treating technical debt as mindset not backlog item. Teams replace Retrofit with Ktor, run unit tests and screenshot tests, use collaborative PRs and a rule to touch a file, clean the whole file. A 13‑developer mobile org reaches rapid iteration by making developers code owners, embracing developer scope creep, and choosing ask forgiveness not permission for small refactors.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 3:54Android teams faster than iOS
3. 5:21Redefining technical debt
4. 7:08AI as tool not coworker
5. 8:32Good products don't need perfect code
6. 9:35Culture from developers bottom-up
7. 11:01Systems create technical debt
8. 13:32Code isn't great start over
9. 14:56Meetings ruin productivity
10. 17:03Scope creep prevents debt
11. 19:57Pull request rules
12. 21:46Ask forgiveness not permission for technical fixes
13. 25:17Technical debt not real thing
14. 27:03Own your codebase decisions
15. 28:07Empower developers shape system
16. 30:12Q&A

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