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Meanings of 'refactoring'
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  • Martin Fowler: "disciplined technique for restructuring an existing body of code, altering its internal structure without changing its external behavior"
  • Opionated developer: renaming source files
  • Minimalistic developer: removing source files
  • Badass developer: rewriting everything from scratch
  • Technical lead: calls it 'improving' instead, to avoid scaring the management
  • Project manager: fixing previous mistakes
  • Product manager: time when no new features get done CEO: slacking
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