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Refactoring at Scale: Safely Evolving Legacy into Leverage - Softcover

Hawthorn, AMARA

 
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Synopsis

In Refactoring at Scale, software architect and engineering leader Maarten Smeets reveals how high-performing teams transform fragile, aging systems into scalable platforms—without breaking production or slowing down delivery.

Drawing on real-world lessons from large engineering organizations, this book presents a practical framework for safely evolving complex systems while your business continues to run.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Turn risky “big rewrites” into safe, incremental refactoring strategies

  • Identify high-leverage improvements hidden inside legacy systems

  • Use testing, observability, and architecture patterns to reduce change risk

  • Align engineering teams around continuous modernization

  • Scale refactoring efforts across large codebases and multiple teams

  • Replace technical debt with technical leverage

Packed with battle-tested techniques, architectural patterns, and organizational strategies, Refactoring at Scale shows how the best engineering teams modernize their systems without stopping the world.

Whether you’re a staff engineer, architect, or engineering leader responsible for long-lived systems, this book will help you turn legacy code from a constraint into a competitive advantage.

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