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I’d start by making the change safe before making it pretty. First step is mapping what actually exists: sequence diagrams of the main flows, identify shared procedures, and add missing tests around critical paths. On my last team, we brought a legacy module from ~20% to 70% test coverage before any major refactor, which gave us a safety net. Then I’d define a target architecture: clear domain layer in the API, thin UI, and simple data layer. I like the strangler-fig approach: introduce a new service or module, route a small, well-understood slice of functionality through it, and slowly expand. During this, I’d add feature flags so new and old paths can coexist. We did this over 6–8 weeks while still shipping features, and defect rates in that area dropped by about 60% while onboarding time for new devs shrank from weeks to a few days.
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