HPSFCon 2026 Recap: 20 Years of Code: How Chapel Tackles Technical Debt in HPC – Jade Abraham, HPE

Every long-lived software project accumulates technical debt. In HPC — where compilers, runtimes, test infrastructure, and tools are deeply entangled, and where correctness and performance are both non-negotiable — it can feel insurmountable. At HPSFCon 2026, Jade Abraham of HPE shared how the Chapel team confronts this reality after more than two decades of development.