How to properly manage technical debt when business pressures speed and the codebase degrades?

Managing technical debt under business pressure is a balance between speed and quality. Recommendations:

• Prioritization: Identify critical parts of the code where debt affects stability and development.
• Incremental improvement: Implement refactoring gradually, for example, when adding new features or fixing bugs.
• Automation: Use tests and static analysis to quickly identify problems.
• Communication: Explain to the business the risks of accumulating debt and the long-term costs.
• Time allocation: Plan sprints with tasks related to technical debt.

This approach helps to not sacrifice quality entirely while maintaining development speed.