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Import First, Refactor Second: Triage a Repo Nobody Can Run

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Most refactors die at the import line. The repo runs on one machine, and nobody knows which module breaks first. So the first artifact is not a test. It is a triage table. I learned this the slow way. A characterization test pointed at a module that cannot import records the breakage, not the behav…

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  1. 2026-11-05 13:48 · DEV Community — AI
    Import First, Refactor Second: Triage a Repo Nobody Can Run

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