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202501 / 04

Monolith, Untangled

Refactoring a client’s TypeScript monolith at Made Tech into a modular, reusable codebase — while keeping releases flowing.

TypeScriptRefactorDXMade Tech

Problem

A TypeScript monolith had grown dense enough that every change was risky and slow. Readability suffered, duplication crept in, and onboarding new engineers took far too long.

System

Broke the codebase into modular, reusable pieces with clear boundaries. Backed the work with UI functional tests, managed the Ruby gem lifecycle around it, and kept Elasticsearch dashboards watching production the whole way.

Outcome

A codebase engineers can actually read and extend. Releases planned and shipped on schedule, incidents triaged fast through PagerDuty, and juniors mentored into confident contributors along the way.