How I Audit a Legacy Rails Codebase in the First Week
Summary
A practical week-one framework for auditing a legacy Rails codebase, prioritizing stakeholder signals, a three-file review (Gemfile, schema.rb, routes.rb), and upfront security checks. It emphasizes using automated tooling (Brakeman, bundle audit, RubyCritic, SimpleCov) and AI-assisted analysis to identify risk, plus a clear rewrite-vs-refactor decision framework and a concise triage deliverable.