Large-scale code transformation

Automating a 4,000-file migration is easy. Automating it without breaking production is the actual job.

Large-scale transformation, such as a framework migration, a language upgrade or an API swap, is where a forward-deployed engineer, or FDE, earns trust or loses it. The model can generate the edits; you own the safety. The plan, the gates, the metrics and the rollback path are the deliverable. Keep the blast radiusHow much breaks if a change goes wrong; the scope of potential damage. Press Enter for the full definition., meaning how much a wrong batch can break, as small as you can.