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Set a Change Budget Before You Refactor: A Git-Diff Gate for Messy Repos

Set a Change Budget Before You Refactor: A Git-Diff Gate for Messy Repos

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Score Every Seam Before You Move One: A Blast-Radius Budget for Messy Repos

Score Every Seam Before You Move One: A Blast-Radius Budget for Messy Repos

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Two Commits per Refactor: A Diff Gate That Keeps Pins Away From the Move

Two Commits per Refactor: A Diff Gate That Keeps Pins Away From the Move

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Freeze the Clock, Not the Timeout: A Time-Zone Matrix Before You Extract a Module

Freeze the Clock, Not the Timeout: A Time-Zone Matrix Before You Extract a Module

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Replay Captured Inputs, Then Move One Function: A Flake-Trial Gate for Messy Refactors

Replay Captured Inputs, Then Move One Function: A Flake-Trial Gate for Messy Refactors

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A Test That Cannot Fail Is Decoration: Gating Model-Drafted Characterization Tests

A Test That Cannot Fail Is Decoration: Gating Model-Drafted Characterization Tests

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The Agent Converted the If/Else Chain to a Lookup Map and Dropped the Side Effect

The Agent Converted the If/Else Chain to a Lookup Map and Dropped the Side Effect

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The Agent Added an Await to a Synchronous Function. The Caller Didn't Notice.

The Agent Added an Await to a Synchronous Function. The Caller Didn't Notice.

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The Agent Deleted the Comment That Explained Why the Code Looks Weird

The Agent Deleted the Comment That Explained Why the Code Looks Weird

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Refactor Error Paths First: A Fault-Injection Table for Messy Repos

Refactor Error Paths First: A Fault-Injection Table for Messy Repos

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Twenty Identical Runs, Then One Small Diff: Sealing Entropy Before a Messy Refactor

Twenty Identical Runs, Then One Small Diff: Sealing Entropy Before a Messy Refactor

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The agent refactored that tiny function for clarity. It doubled the runtime.

The agent refactored that tiny function for clarity. It doubled the runtime.

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The Agent Flattened Your Custom Error Type Into a Generic Error

The Agent Flattened Your Custom Error Type Into a Generic Error

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Twenty Identical Runs or No Refactor: A Determinism Gate for Characterization Tests

Twenty Identical Runs or No Refactor: A Determinism Gate for Characterization Tests

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The agent created a new file instead of editing the existing one. Now there are two.

The agent created a new file instead of editing the existing one. Now there are two.

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