unweed
Practical cleanup notes for software teams.
Practical notes on cloud costs, stale infrastructure, technical debt, databases, dependencies, and the small maintenance habits that keep production calmer.
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Static Site Cleanup: Remove Dead Pages, Assets, and Redirects
Clean up static sites by retiring dead pages, assets, and redirects without losing backlinks, search traffic, or migration paths.
Queue Cleanup: Drain Dead Letters and Remove Abandoned Consumers
Clean up dead-letter queues and abandoned consumers by proving which events can be replayed, archived, or dropped safely.
Domain Cleanup: Retire Old Domains Without Losing Trust
Domain Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify old domains, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.
SDK Cleanup: Remove Deprecated Methods Without Breaking Users
SDK Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify deprecated SDK methods, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.
Internal Tool Cleanup: Remove Admin Panels Nobody Maintains
Retire stale internal tools by checking users, privileges, data access, replacement workflows, and security exposure before shutdown.
Package Registry Cleanup: Retire Internal Packages Safely
Package Registry Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify old internal packages, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing...
Local Database Cleanup: Reset Test Data Without Losing Fixtures
Clean up local test databases by preserving fixtures, bug reproductions, seed data, and migration confidence before resetting state.
Mobile App Cleanup: Remove Old Flags, Assets, and API Calls
Mobile App Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify stale mobile app code, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.
Image Asset Cleanup: Remove Unused Media Without Hurting SEO
Remove unused images by checking rendered pages, CMS references, social cards, redirects, and search traffic before deleting media.
Git Tag Cleanup: Keep Release History Navigable
Git Tag Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify stale tags, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.
Cron Job Cleanup: Remove Scheduled Work Nobody Owns
Find orphaned cron jobs, prove their schedule still matters, and remove scheduled work without missing monthly or recovery tasks.
VPN Access Cleanup: Remove Accounts and Routes Nobody Uses
Remove stale VPN users, groups, routes, and device profiles without cutting off emergency access or rare private-network workflows.