Ideas
refactoringgit

Code complexity visualizer

Create a tool that highlights over-engineered code blocks. Helps teams refactor during review.

Why now

Dev discussions increasingly focus on tech debt—tools to surface complexity are underexplored.

Who for
Engineering leads
Business model
Per-seat SaaS
Effort
A few weeks

Developers often miss their own over-engineering. A Git plugin could:

  • Flag nested call chains
  • Highlight rarely-used abstractions
  • Compare against team norms

MVP: CLI tool analyzing function length/params. Integrate with GitHub later.

Charge per repo. Risk: False positives in analysis.

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