3 posts tagged with "refactoring"

The Problem: Repository-Wide Type Safety Nightmares​

This is a monorepo-wide architectural problem, not specific to Mercury. Across multiple domains, we've evolved complex optional nested structures that force developers to bypass TypeScript's type safety. The Mercury tournament configurations are just one example of this systemic issue.

Large codebases inevitably accumulate technical debt. Components that started simple grow complex, abstractions leak, and what once was clean becomes messy. The traditional approach is often "rewrite it all" - but this is risky, expensive, and frequently fails.

Our Mercury trading system has grown organically over time, leading to intertwined services, duplicated code, and complex state management. This document outlines a strategic approach to refactoring key components to improve maintainability, testability, and performance.