[burnerToBetOut]

    > …to refactor and improve the quality of a microservice.
    > …
    > It worked. It vastly improved the code base…

That sounds like an amazing learning opportunity!

Would you be up for sharing before refactor and after refactor versions of your experiment in a public repo?

Thanks in advance.

[fvdessen]

Unfortunately not, it's private company code. But I can share the prompt I used for the refactoring:

  - 1. Read the whole code of the repository.
  - 2. Read the TASKS.md file if it exists.
      - 2.1. If it exists and is not empty, pick a refactoring task from the list. Choose the most appropriate.
          - 2.1.1. Refactor the code according to the task description.
          - 2.1.2. Commit the changes to git.
          - 2.1.3  Remove the task from TASKS.md
          - 2.1.3. You are done.
      - 2.2. If it doesn't exist or is empty:
          - 2.2.1. Identify the parts of the code that could be refactored, following the following principles
              - A class should have a single responsability
              - The dependencies of the class should be mockable and injected at class instanciation
              - Repeated code should be factored into functions
              - Files shouldn't be longer than 1.5K lines
          - 2.2.2: If using the previous insights you think there is valuable refactoring work to be done:
              - 2.2.2.1 Write a list of refactoring tasks in TASKS.md
              - 2.2.2.2: You are done.
          - 2.2.3: If there is no more refactoring to be done, notify me with 'say "I am done with refactoring"'

[burnerToBetOut]

Awesome! Thanks again!

    > …Read the TASKS.md file if it exists…

What about sharing that TASKS.md? I'd like to replicate your success as closely as possible.

Having the same tasks would help me nail a similar successful result.

I forgot to also ask: What language and which REST framework was your microservice implemented with?

For even better reproducibility, I'm thinking I should have my codebase be as similar to yours as I can get it.

TIA!

[fvdessen]

The TASKS.md file will be created and filled by the model. The prompt needs to be run repeatedly in a loop until it decides there's nothing to be done anymore.

The service was in go, but this doesn't matter.