How to Use AI for Code Refactoring Without Breaking Your App
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You have 5,000 lines of legacy code. It works, but its a mess. Every time you touch it, something breaks. So you ask Claude/GPT to refactor it, it spits out a wall of changes, and suddenly youre debugging for three hours. Heres the thing: AI is actually fantastic at refactoring. Youre just asking i…
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- 2026-09-26 15:00 · DEV Community — AI
How to Use AI for Code Refactoring Without Breaking Your App