Codebase cleanup · Thu 16 Oct 2026

Two repos, 44 PRs, one day,
nothing broken.

Frontend (blogfronend) and backend (backendcommon). Every merge was checked live before the next one.

Net lines removed

PRs merged

19 frontend · 25 backend

Real bugs found and fixed

surfaced by honest tests and review

Production incidents

all deploys verified live

Frontend

Backend

Where the lines went

Lines removed vs added, by kind of change. One shared scale.

RemovedAdded

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The test gate stopped lying

Failing tests the CI gate lets through. The old gate hid most failures. Fixing it exposed 150, then the cleanup drove them to 1.

Known failing testsKnown failing blog test files

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Two giant files, split

Lines in the main file, before → after. Routes identical, tests untouched.

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Slowest frontend tests, faster

Seconds per test file, before → after. One flaky test fixed.

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The day, merge by merge

Each dot is a merged PR (UTC). Size shows lines changed. Hover for details.

FrontendBackend

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Bugs the cleanup uncovered

Found because tests started telling the truth, or by review. All fixed and live.

Guards added so it stays clean

Checks that now run on every PR.

Frontend typecheckFull-repo lint, 0 errorsVitest in 4 shards Knip: unused files and deps fail CIFeature map freshness Backend test gate, honest allowlistsRender service tests in the gate Assistant manifest drift testRead-only live QA toolBackend lint fails on unused code

Left / waiting on you

Old compose stack on hold
Proxy retry needs one Coolify UI toggle
Backend Actions disabled on the repo
Support read-only grant needs a migration
Unused routes remove after Oct 30 (logging now)