https://fastbydefault.com/performance-decay-cycle
The Performance Decay Cycle | Fast by Default
The Performance Decay Cycle is a pattern identified by Den Odell where teams ship fast, accumulate performance debt, panic-fix, and repeat. Fast by Default...
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https://denodell.com/blog/fast-by-default
Fast by Default — Den Odell
Feb 9, 2026 - You don’t need more performance heroes on your engineering team. Make the fast path the easy path.
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