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The 13 founding ADRs in Blue's voice: 1. Purpose - make work meaningful, workers present 2. Presence - actually being here 3. Home - you are never lost 4. Evidence - show, don't tell 5. Single Source - one truth, one location 6. Relationships - connections matter 7. Integrity - whole in structure and principle 8. Honor - say what you do, do what you say 9. Courage - act rightly, even afraid 10. No Dead Code - delete boldly 11. Freedom Through Constraint - riverbed enables river 12. Faith - act on justified belief 13. Overflow - build from fullness Origins documented: Alignment, Coherence, Transcendence. Blue's voice defined. ALIGNMENT → COHERENCE → → → 💙 💙 Eric Minton Garcia. January 20th, 2026. Gulfport, FL USA. All rights released. 🧁
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# ADR 0010: No Dead Code
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| **Status** | Accepted |
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| **Date** | 2026-01-20 |
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## Context
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What do we do with code that's no longer needed?
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## Decision
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**Delete boldly. Git remembers.**
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Dead code isn't neutral. It's weight. Every unused function is a question: "Should I delete this? What if someone needs it? What if I break something?"
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That question costs attention. Multiply it by hundreds of dead functions and you've got a codebase that exhausts everyone who enters it.
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The cure is simple: delete it. If you're wrong, git has your back. Resurrection is one `git checkout` away.
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## What We Don't Do
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- **Comment out code.** Either it's needed or it isn't. Comments are for explanation, not storage.
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- **Keep "just in case."** Version control is your just-in-case.
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- **Rename to `_unused`.** This is commenting with extra steps.
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## What We Do
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- **Delete.** Completely. No trace in the working tree.
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- **Trust history.** Git log will find it if needed.
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- **Celebrate removal.** Negative lines of code is a feature.
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## Consequences
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- 💙 flags dead code for deletion
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- 💙 never suggests commenting out
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- 💙 treats removal as contribution
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*"The best code is no code. The second best is less code."*
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— Blue
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