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Technical debt reduction in small pull requests

Pay down debt even when it never wins the sprint

Technical debt is a common reason engineers lose time, and it keeps losing to the next feature. Agents find the debt that slows your team most, rank it by churn and complexity, and pay it down in small pull requests designed to preserve behavior, pinned by tests.

YOU HAND OVERbilling/ · the module everyone avoids
debt-map · billingScan…
78debt score · lower is betterScanning churn and complexity · 22 of 86 modules
PriceCalculator.cs1,240 lines · 38 changes this quarter—
InvoiceService.csSame tax rule copied 4 times—
CheckoutFlags.cs3 flags fully rolled out, still checked—
DiscountEngine.csNested 7 levels deep—
LegacyExport.csNo callers left—
OrderMapper.csTwo mappers for one model—
1Scan
2Rank
3Refactor
4Test
YOU GET6 hot spots cleared in 7 small PRsBehavior pinned by tests · every step green
Illustrative example
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The debt map

Focus cleanup on frequently modified modules

Debt in code nobody touches can wait. Debt in the module your team changes every week costs you on every ticket. The agent ranks every module by churn, complexity, duplication, and bug history, so the first pull requests go where the debt hurts most.

ChurnHow often a file changes. Debt in code nobody touches can wait.
ComplexityLength, nesting, and branches. The harder to read, the slower every change.
DuplicationThe same rule in several places, so one fix becomes four.
Bug historyFiles that keep coming back in incident and bug reports.
shop-platform · debt by moduleDEBT INDEX 56
billing/95
checkout/82
pricing/70
orders/60
legacy-export/78
catalog/30
auth/15
search/25
reports/45
Size = lines of code · color = churn × complexity0 of 9 modules paid down
One refactor, small steps

Plan the refactor once and review each step

The refactor is planned once and delivered as a staircase of small pull requests. Each step changes structure and is designed to preserve behavior, pinned by tests, and main stays green between every one of them. No long-lived branch, no half-moved codebase.

  1. 01Tests firstBefore structure changes, the agent pins today’s behavior with tests.
  2. 02One step, one pull requestEach step is small, focused, and leaves main green.
  3. 03Next step after mergeThe following step starts only when the previous one is merged.
Refactor: split PriceCalculatorSTEP 1 OF 7
1Add tests around PriceCalculator+86
2Extract TaxRules from PriceCalculator+64 −58
3Route invoices through TaxRules+12 −41
4Extract DiscountRules+71 −66
5Merge the two order mappers+18 −94
6Remove the old tax copies−212
7Delete the unused PriceHelper−140
Each step: one pull request, under 250 linesBehavior pinned by tests
Dead code

Check unused code before removing it

Old feature flags, files nothing calls, and logic copied into four places stay because nobody is sure they are safe to remove. The agent checks for references, reflection, config loading, and callers, removes them in small batches, and leaves anything uncertain with its owner.

Checks before removalThe agent checks for references, reflection, config loading, and callers, and the tests must stay green.
Keep cleanup pull requests smallCleanups arrive in pull requests small enough to read, with the evidence written on each one.
Keep uncertain code for owner reviewAnything the agent cannot confirm is unused goes to its owner as a question, not a deletion.
Cleanup · shop-platform−0lines
FILELegacyExport.csNo references · no routes · tests greenchecking
FLAGnew_checkout_v2100% rollout for 7 months · branches removedchecking
DUPLICATETaxRule copied in 4 filesMerged into one TaxRules · tests greenchecking
FILEPluginLoader.csLoaded by reflection from config · owner askedchecking
FLAGholiday_banner_2023Off everywhere · no reads in 14 monthschecking
FILEOldPdfRenderer.csNo references · replaced in 2024checking
The same day, twice

Tomas plans an incremental billing refactor

Illustrative example, not a customer result.

Here is what the work looks like today, and what changes when an AI team takes the busywork off the plate.

Without BoldCreateWith BoldCreate
09:00
A one-line pricing change touches eleven files in billing/.Half a day gone
Tomas opens the debt map: billing/ is the hottest module.Hot spots ranked
11:30
The refactor ticket from last spring is still open.Never prioritized
The refactor arrives as seven small pull requests, each green.Each step reviewed
14:00
Nobody dares delete the old checkout flag. Is anything still using it?Dead code kept
The old checkout flag is removed after checks for references, reflection, config, and callers.−3,140 lines
17:00
Sprint planning picks features over debt again.Debt grows
Next week’s pricing change touches two files.Debt paid, sprint kept
Less time spent working around old code

Frequently asked questions

How does BoldCreate decide which technical debt to pay down first?
The agent ranks every module by churn, complexity, duplication, and bug history, so the first pull requests pay back the most.
Will technical debt reduction change how our app behaves?
Each refactor step is designed to preserve behavior, pinned by tests: before structure changes, the agent pins today’s behavior with tests, and main stays green between steps. Your team reviews each pull request before it merges.
How are big refactors delivered?
As a staircase of small pull requests, each small and focused. The next step starts only when the previous one is merged.
How does the agent remove dead code safely?
It checks for references, reflection, config loading, and external callers, and the tests must stay green. Anything it can’t confirm is unused goes to its owner as a question, not a deletion.

Choose one module for a debt review

Start with one module in your existing codebase. Review the debt map, then approve the first small PRs.

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