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Retire the Golden Master: A Deletion Ledger for Refactors That Already Landed

A pinned test that outlives its refactor is dead weight. It fails on formatting, not behavior. It slows every future diff. And nobody remembers why it exists. Most characterization-test advice stops at the merge. This post covers the part after: retiring the scaffold deliberately, with evidence tha…

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  1. 2026-11-07 00:45 · DEV Community — AI
    Retire the Golden Master: A Deletion Ledger for Refactors That Already Landed

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