post({
by: Tomasz Reyes, on: "2026-06-15", in: "Databases",
tags: ["caching", "logs", "refactoring", "shortcodes"],
// A guided walk through a query plan that scanned every row.
}),
// hashtag / tag
#refactoring
Changing the shape of code without changing what it does.
17
posts
tags.ts
// tags.ts: every tag on nightshift.dev
export const refactoring = tag("Changing the shape of code without changing what it does.");
References to refactoring
17 posts use this tag, 17 on this pagepost({
by: Tomasz Reyes, on: "2025-12-05", in: "Databases",
tags: ["composer", "incidents", "modules", "refactoring"],
// An untested backup is only a hopeful file.
}),
post({
title:
"Variables Are Not Tokens"
,by: Tomasz Reyes, on: "2026-02-23", in: "Design Systems",
tags: ["grid", "refactoring"],
// A custom property is a mechanism. A token is a decision.
}),
post({
by: Mara Voss, on: "2025-01-19", in: "Design Systems",
tags: ["linting", "nginx", "playwright", "refactoring", "rest-api"],
// Why we picked seven values and stopped discussing it.
}),
post({
by: Priya Hale, on: "2024-05-04", in: "Design Systems",
tags: ["git", "indexes", "npm", "refactoring", "templates"],
// What happened when we renamed a single color variable.
}),
post({
by: Odette Lang, on: "2026-01-06", in: "Tooling",
// Believable test content finds the bugs that lorem ipsum politely hides.
}),
post({
title:
"Diffs Are for Reading"
,by: Odette Lang, on: "2025-03-01", in: "Tooling",
tags: ["incidents", "refactoring"],
// Small commits are a kindness to whoever finds them in two years.
}),
post({
title:
"Autoloaded Options, Revisited"
,by: Odette Lang, on: "2025-08-05", in: "PHP",
tags: ["refactoring", "type-guards", "web-vitals"],
// What loads on every request and how to find out in one query.
}),
post({
by: Ilya Kessler, on: "2024-10-08", in: "PHP",
tags: ["contrast", "deploys", "docker", "refactoring", "vite"],
// What that generated file does and why it is fast.
}),
post({
by: Priya Hale, on: "2025-04-11", in: "CSS",
tags: ["composer", "migrations", "refactoring"],
// Components that respond to their own space, without the viewport guessing game.
}),
post({
title:
"The Cascade Is Not Your Enemy"
,by: Priya Hale, on: "2025-02-23", in: "CSS",
tags: ["npm", "refactoring", "shortcodes"],
// Most specificity fights are arguments with your own earlier decisions.
}),
post({
by: Mara Voss, on: "2025-02-24", in: "JavaScript",
tags: ["ci", "refactoring"],
// Keeping numbers still while long lines scroll sideways.
}),
post({
title:
"A Quick Note on Focus Rings"
,by: Priya Hale, on: "2024-10-18", in: "Accessibility",
tags: ["flexbox", "modules", "playwright", "refactoring"],
// Please stop removing them.
}),
post({
title:
"Skip Links Still Matter"
,by: Tomasz Reyes, on: "2024-05-13", in: "Accessibility",
// Thirty seconds of markup and a much better morning for someone.
}),
post({
title:
"Three Lines of Logging"
,by: Priya Hale, on: "2024-05-16", in: "Field Notes",
tags: ["nginx", "refactoring", "rest-api", "screen-readers", "templates"],
// The note I left for myself that saved the next incident.
}),
post({
by: Mara Voss, on: "2024-03-20", in: "WordPress",
tags: ["phpunit", "refactoring"],
// How to find out who changed your content and at what priority.
}),
post({
by: Jonas Whitlock, on: "2024-02-24", in: "Performance",
tags: ["indexes", "refactoring", "tailwind"],
// Preloading the two files that matter and leaving the rest alone.
}),
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