A client’s team spent a full week adding a CSV export to their admin panel. Two engineers, clear requirements, maybe a day of actual work. The rest of the time went to understanding existing code well enough to change it safely. That’s what I call codebase drag: when the codebase makes every task take longer than it should. It doesn’t show up in any dashboard or sprint report.
Okay, I’ll go tell management they’ve failed. 🙄
No, you tell about management the problem and how only their amazing social and people skills will be able to do something about it.