1 — Better and No Worse
Improve your code like a ratchet; one click at a time without getting worse.
The Insight Loop
Refactor Iteratively and Quickly
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- Finish code reviews more quickly.
- Be less impacted by interruptions.
- Complete stories more quickly.
- Establish trust with your product owner that you are refactoring the right amount.
- Find it safer and easier to work with code you do not understand.
- Find yourself struggling less to keep everything in mind.
2 — Choose Where to Look
Refactoring code with business impact.
3 — The One-Line Story
Make every behavioral change be a single line.
4 — The Insight Loop
Treat the Insight Loop as a mantra.