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To reduce technical debt before merging, you can audit code additions to identify and remove unnecessary surface area. This simplification process ensures new features do not introduce over-engineered solutions or increase system complexity.

Surface-area budgeting in code review is evaluating each code addition for its actual value to prevent unnecessary system complexity. This technique ensures you keep only valuable code, mitigating potential runtime errors and reducing future support burden.

You can check for over-engineered solutions by running a multi-step audit that prioritizes code reuse and simplification. This process evaluates whether new additions increase maintenance complexity without providing proportional value.

Deslop operates with no external dependencies and is applicable to any codebase looking to maintain quality. You can run it before merging features to validate new code and ensure it adheres to best practices without needing special setup.

Unnecessary code increases system reliability issues by expanding the attack surface and introducing potential runtime errors. Removing these additions through a targeted audit reduces maintenance complexity and directly improves overall system security.

You should avoid using a code simplification audit when a feature branch requires complex additions to meet critical functional requirements. The audit prioritizes reuse and simplification, which may flag necessary complexity as unnecessary surface area.