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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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Feature Experiment Cleanup: Delete Old Variants After the Decision

Feature Experiment Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify old experiment variants, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing...

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Notebook Cleanup: Turn Ad Hoc Analysis Into Owned Assets

Clean up stale notebooks by separating disposable exploration from analysis that feeds decisions, reports, models, or audits.

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Release Branch Cleanup: Delete Old Branches After They Stop Mattering

Release Branch Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify stale release branches, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing...

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Automation Cleanup: Remove Scripts Nobody Understands

Retire stale scripts safely by finding callers, release dependencies, credentials, and replacement workflows before deleting automation.

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Legacy Service Cleanup: Retire Old Services One Dependency at a Time

Legacy Service Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify old services, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.