Meet the Problems of Scale
Think back to the last large project you worked on. If you could make any change to that codebase, what would it be? Since you spent a lot of time with the code, you can probably think quickly of several trouble spots. But do you know which of those changes would have the greatest impact on your productivity and make maintenance easier?
Your final choice has to balance several factors. Obviously, you want to simplify the tricky elements in the design. You may also want to address defect-prone modules. To get the most out of your redesign, you should improve the part of code you will most likely work with again in the future.
If your project is anything like typical large-scale projects, it will be hard to identify ...
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