How does SonarQube calculate technical debt ratio, and what threshold should we aim for before pausing feature development to refactor legacy Java code?
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How does SonarQube calculate technical debt ratio, and what threshold should we aim for before pausing feature development to refactor legacy Java code?
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SonarQube technical debt ratio formula remediation effort development cost 30 minutes per line documentation Google ↗
SonarQube technical debt ratio rating thresholds A B C D E 5% 10% 20% documentation Google ↗
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- Reduce & Manage Technical Debt with SonarQube | Sonar · sonarsource.com
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SonarQube technical debt ratio formula remediation effort development cost 30 minutes per line documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
SonarQube technical debt ratio rating thresholds A B C D E 5% 10% 20% documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 |