[jonathaneunice]

This seems very consistent with the refactoring techniques taught by Sandi Metz (https://sandimetz.com/99bottles). After taking her course, I successfully applied those techniques to good ends and outcomes.

Not sure "refactor in context" is the tool for every single last refactoring job in the universe. Some plumbing changes may be large or systematic enough that they need to be separately planned and applied, especially as explaining "oh I changed the fundamental way we do things, just in passing" can be a hard PR to present. OTOH, since adopting the "in context" approach I have had many fewer refactoring attempts abandoned, and refactoring seems much more logical and purposeful. So it works IME.