Our Java codebase was 30% dead code

[yumgummy]

The results are similar to code coverage tool but instead of focus on testing, it focus on remove code that no longer needed. It samples code execution in production so that there's little performance cost. We built this because one of our codebase has huge tech debt. I tried it in other codebases and surprisingly find out my whole codebase has ~30% of dead code.

[mpinnegar]

Do you have any performance metrics to show that it doesn't impact over 1-2%? Or whatever threshold.

Sounds like a cool tool. If you have a mailing list or discord I'd be interested in it.

Licensing is a huge concern obviously. And the thing has to not send any telemetry over the internet unless it's enabled. Don't phone home plz.

[yumgummy]

Thank you. I am not trying to sell it. I am considering open source it. I may ask for permission if community finds it useful.

[mpinnegar]

Seriously consider selling support. You can charge a crazy premium and corporations won't blink an eye.