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How a CTO Uses Stability Metrics to Decide When to Refactor
In this episode of Tech Leadership with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how a CTO uses stability metrics — specifically change failure rate and mean time to recover — to decide when to refactor code. They discuss the case of a mid-stage fintech that cut its incident rate by 40 percent by tying refactoring decisions to data rather than hunches. The hosts walk through the metrics dashboard, the threshold that triggered action, and the cultural shift from 'fix it because it's ugly' to 'fix it because it breaks'. They also touch on how the team avoided the trap of never refactoring by setting a…
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