# Five tips to get your code base in shape

DevFeed: [Five tips to get your code base in shape](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/five-tips-to-get-your-code-base-in-shape-28676.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://jeroenmols.com/blog/2019/02/20/tacklelegacy/>)

Author: info@jeroenmols.com (Jeroen Mols)

Published: 2019-02-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Jeroen Mols](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeroen-mols.md>)

Topics: [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [legacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/legacy.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/test.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [blogs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blogs.md>), [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [legacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legacy.md>), [legacy-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legacy-code.md>), [refactor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refactor.md>), [refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refactoring.md>), [rewrite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rewrite.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test.md>), [tips](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tips.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial offers five tips for improving a legacy codebase. It advises against rewriting everything, emphasizes frequent releases and testing, and discusses the risks of complexity, insufficient testing, bugs, and delayed user value.

## Source excerpt

Are you living the dream? Is your code so clean it makes your eyes just tear a little? Can't think of anything you would still like to refactor?