Yes
It has made the code much tidier and reduced the chance that the next feature will build on top of cruft
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Helped: Rigorous refactoring of old code to remove cruft.
Got in the way: Budget constraints prevent using smarter models for proactive refactoring.
… We’ve removed, moved, consolidated, reordered loads of cruft. It has made the code much tidier and reduced the chance that the next feature will build on top of cruft. E.G. …