The $90,000 Onboarding Tax Hidden Inside Messy Codebases
Published: September 19, 2026
Duration: 10:08
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Your folder structure is a message—most teams send the wrong one. Conway's Law, a $90k onboarding tax, and 3 major outages show why codebase structure matters.
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