The Economic Benefit of Refactoring
The Economic Benefit of Refactoring Giles Edwards-Alexander Giles is CTO for Europe, Middle East and India at Thoughtworks. He has over 25 years experience in engineering and technology leadership across technologies from mobile to AI and industries including retail, fintech and healthcare. A series capturing Thoughtworks technologists' explorations of using gen ai technology for software development.
- ▪The Economic Benefit of Refactoring Giles Edwards-Alexander Giles is CTO for Europe, Middle East and India at Thoughtworks.
- ▪He has over 25 years experience in engineering and technology leadership across technologies from mobile to AI and industries including retail, fintech and healthcare.
- ▪A series capturing Thoughtworks technologists' explorations of using gen ai technology for software development.
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| Publication time | Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:10:27 +0000 |
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The Economic Benefit of Refactoring Giles Edwards-Alexander Giles is CTO for Europe, Middle East and India at Thoughtworks. He has over 25 years experience in engineering and technology leadership across technologies from mobile to AI and industries including retail, fintech and healthcare. This article is part of “Exploring Gen AI”. A series capturing Thoughtworks technologists' explorations of using gen ai technology for software development. 30 July 2026 As part of getting to grips with the new world of agentic engineering, I built an application to support my work.
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