Refactoring 900k Lines with Harness Engineering in 3 Months

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A team refactored 900k lines of legacy code into a 120k-line system in 3 months using Harness Engineering, achieving 86% test coverage. The strategy treats old code as requirements documentation, letting AI handle implementation while humans control scope, risks, and acceptance.

LATEST/A team refactored 900k lines of legacy code into a 120k-line system in 3 months using Harness Engineering, achieving 86% test coverage. The strategy treats old code as requirements documentation, letting AI handle implementation while humans control scope, risks, and acceptance.

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腾讯技术工程 (微信公众号)T2·Oct 16, 17:3668 pts
Refactoring 900k Lines with Harness Engineering in 3 Months
- Treats legacy code as requirements docs to avoid migrating technical debt.
- Establishes a workflow where AI handles coding/CR/docs while humans manage scope/risk.
- Reduced codebase by ~85% while increasing iteration speed from 3 to 30+ features per quarter.
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