👉 Decline engineering is a proactive approach in software development aimed at identifying, analyzing, and mitigating the factors that lead to performance degradation over time. As software systems evolve, various elements such as dependencies, external services, and underlying infrastructure can introduce inefficiencies or bottlenecks that progressively reduce performance. Decline engineering involves continuously monitoring these aspects, understanding their impact on system behavior, and implementing strategies to address issues before they significantly affect user experience or system reliability. This may include refactoring code, optimizing resource usage, upgrading dependencies, or restructuring architecture to maintain or improve performance as the system scales and changes.
