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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Dashboard Cleanup: Keep Operational Views Useful

Dashboard Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify stale dashboards, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.

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Rust Cargo Cleanup: Remove Unused Crates and Features

Rust Cargo Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify unused Rust crates, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.

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Alert Cleanup: Remove Noisy Alerts Without Hiding Real Incidents

Alert Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify noisy alerts, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.

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Unused TLS Certificate Cleanup: Retire Certificates and Renewal Jobs

Unused TLS Certificate Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify stale certificates, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing...

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Container Registry Cleanup: Delete Old Images Without Losing Rollbacks

Clean up old container images by protecting release digests, checking deploy references, and expiring branch builds without losing rollback paths.

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Metrics Cleanup: Remove Dashboards and Series Nobody Uses

Metrics Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify stale metrics and dashboards, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat...

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Kubernetes HPA Cleanup: Fix Autoscaling Rules That No Longer Match Load

Review stale Kubernetes HPA rules, compare targets with real load, and update autoscaling without causing under-scaling during bursts.

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Go Module Cleanup: Keep go.mod Small and Accurate

Go Module Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify stale Go modules, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.

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Log Retention Cleanup: Keep Useful Logs Without Paying Forever

Log Retention Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify unbounded logs, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.

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Browser Tab Cleanup: Keep Research Useful Without Hoarding Tabs

Browser Tab Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify context-heavy browser tabs, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing...

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Kubernetes CronJob Cleanup: Find Schedules Nobody Owns

Find orphaned Kubernetes CronJobs, verify their schedules and downstream effects, and disable stale batch work without breaking rare business processes.

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Build Cache Cleanup: Keep Fast Builds Without Infinite Storage

Build Cache Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify oversized build caches, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat...