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Technical Debt Measurement Framework
Quantify the hidden costs of your software architecture and discover domain engineering benefits
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About This Framework
This Technical Debt Measurement Framework is based on research into the branch-leaf paradigm revealed by Anthropic's Claude Code insights. It measures three critical categories:
- Branch-Level Debt: Architectural decisions that affect system-wide structure
- Leaf-Level Debt: Implementation details within well-defined boundaries
- AI Decision Quality: How well human-AI collaboration is structured
The framework demonstrates why domain engineering - where humans handle branch decisions and AI handles leaf implementation - delivers optimal results compared to pure AI development, pure human development, or traditional SaaS solutions.