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An agent spent two weeks removing duplicate caches and tidying an old codebase

Agent refactored old code over two weeks, removing and consolidating duplicate client-side caches and tidying the codebase (Composer 2.5 via Cursor).

How it works

  1. Agent works through the codebase over two weeks
  2. Removes and consolidates duplicate client-side caches
  3. Tidies what is left

Why it’s worth knowing

Two weeks of patient cleanup is the kind of job nobody volunteers for.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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