Codebase Rescue

When speed created complexity

AI coding agents accelerate development.

They also accelerate mistakes.

Many teams are building faster than ever.
Features ship quickly.
Large amounts of generated code accumulate.
But architectural oversight lags behind.

At some point, no one fully understands the system anymore.

Codebase Rescue is about restoring structure, clarity and control in systems that have grown too fast.

What actually goes wrong

AI amplifies what is already there.

With a strong mental model and architectural experience, a developer becomes dramatically more productive.

Without that foundation, complexity grows just as fast.

This typically results in:

• Blurred domain boundaries
• Duplicated logic across services
• Tangled dependencies
• Hard-to-test components
• Growing tech debt
• Fear of refactoring

The system works.
But it feels fragile.

What Codebase Rescue includes

This is not a default rewrite.

It is a structured intervention:

• Architectural assessment
• Domain boundary clarification
• Responsibility realignment
• Removal of unnecessary abstraction
• Refactoring of problematic AI-generated sections
• Strengthening the test foundation

The objective is not perfection.
It is control.

How the recovery process works

First, the system is analyzed as a whole:

• Core modules and ownership
• Dependency graph and coupling
• Data flow integrity
• Risk hotspots
• Hidden complexity layers

Then follows a phased stabilization plan:

• Structural simplification
• Domain realignment
• Controlled refactoring
• Isolation of unstable components
• Gradual reduction of tech debt

No big-bang rewrite.
A deliberate recovery.

What this delivers

• A codebase that is understandable again
• Lower long-term maintenance cost
• Faster onboarding of new engineers
• Reduced regression risk
• Restored confidence in shipping changes

The system becomes an asset again.
Not a liability.

Why delay makes it worse

When structural issues are ignored:

• Every new feature becomes more expensive
• Development velocity declines
• Hiring becomes harder
• Tech debt compounds

AI accelerates everything.
Including architectural decay.