[from-nibly]

I meant refactor extremely broadly. As in the stuff that doesnt make customers happy, it makes engineering more effective at their jobs so they can deliver faster.

That includes refactoring, pruning, training, scaling, vendoring, etc.

[rahimnathwani]

Yes, but with this approach you risk spending effort refactoring code that could instead be deleted.

[antonvs]

Product folk hardly ever want to remove features.

[mihirchronicles]

There is a lot of fear in sunsetting features. This could be due to friction in how long it takes to develop. For example, consumer technology does a better job than regulated industries such as finance or healthcare.