# Jon Thornton: Technical Debt is a Good Thing (Sometimes)

EP-045 | March 2, 2020 | 39:50




Robby speaks with Jon Thornton, Engineer at Squarespace. This discuss examples of good technical debt, implementing a new monolith alongside another monolith (and when to extract to a microservice), metrics to track within your engineering team, and more.





## Show Notes

Robby speaks with Jon Thornton, Engineer at Squarespace. This discuss examples of good technical debt, implementing a new monolith alongside another monolith (and when to extract to a microservice), metrics to track within your engineering team, and more.

## Helpful Links

- [Three Kinds of Good Technical Debt](https://engineering.squarespace.com/blog/2019/three-kinds-of-good-tech-debt)
- [Careers at Squarespace](https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers/)
- [Book] [Nonviolent Communication](https://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Life-Changing-Relationships/dp/189200528X) by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- Jon [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/jonrthornton)
- Jon [on Github](https://github.com/jonthornton)
- [Jon's website](https://www.jonthornton.com/)
- [Jon on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonrthornton/)

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