Case Study
For an architect, the most critical phase of a massive refactoring doesn't happen in an IDE; it happens in the mind.
A wrong architectural choice at this stage introduces massive technical debt and delays that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. You cannot afford to test your core theories in production. You must run a rigorous mental sandbox, simulating the cascading effects of every possible starting point.
Where do we place the fulcrum to move this legacy mountain?
What's the call?