https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Refactoring Presentations feed https://www.infoq.com/presentations/refactoring-legacy-codebases/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Refactoring-presentations <img src="https://res.infoq.com/presentations/refactoring-legacy-codebases/en/mediumimage/jake-zimmerman-getty-ritter-medium-1752753549991.jpg"/><p>The speakers explain Stripe's successful approach to refactoring stubborn Ruby monoliths. They detail how centralizing migrations with a "point of leverage" (e.g., Sorbet for type checking) and "good ratchets" (local, incremental, actionable progress enforcers) tackles issues like modularity and tech debt. They share lessons on improving developer experience, code quality, and maintainability.</p> <i>By Jake Zimmerman, Getty Ritter</i> Transcripts Refactoring Legacy Code QCon San Francisco 2024 Development Culture & Methods presentation Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:09:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/presentations/refactoring-legacy-codebases/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Refactoring-presentations Jake Zimmerman, Getty Ritter 2025-08-05T12:09:00Z /presentations/refactoring-legacy-codebases/en