If you make a mistake during refactoring, you break existing functionality. Without a clear understanding of the impact and ...

I gave an AI agent one prompt and scored the codebase after every commit. Health 50 to 61, 10,000 lines gone, and a hard stop where tests ran out.

One thing that most application developers and testers eventually encounter -- especially when working with complex applications or across large teams -- is code smells. "Smelly" code means that the ...

The goal of code refactoring is to fight software entropy and improve nonfunctional attributes of the software. For example, refactoring can help make software code more efficient, resolve bugs, and ...

We’re on the brink of a seismic shift in software development, with AI-powered code generation and refactoring tools positioned to reshape how developers write, maintain, and optimize code.

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Lily Mara explains how to avoid high-risk software rewrites through incremental FFI refactoring. She shares how ...