The Behavior Fingerprint: One Command That Gates Every Legacy Refactor
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A refactor is safe when the behavior fingerprint is unchanged. The fingerprint is a hash of probe outputs. One command computes it. One command verifies it. Everything else is ceremony. Local baselines lie. Your laptop has a different locale. Your Python version differs from CI. A missing system li…
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The Behavior Fingerprint: One Command That Gates Every Legacy Refactor