The research highlights the significant financial cost of technical debt in software development, with a single million lines of code equivalent to $306,000 per year in attributed technical debt costs, translating to 5,500 developer hours spent on remediation. The study emphasizes the need for organizations to implement a Clean as You Code methodology to prevent bad code from reaching production and reduce future rework, ultimately saving businesses from devastating costs associated with technical debt. With the growing developer shortage, adopting this approach becomes even more critical to improve software quality, security, and business results.