Code Diet
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
A deliberate effort to reduce code volume, complexity, or dependency count. In engineering slang, a code diet frames cleanup as trimming what no longer earns its maintenance cost.
In plain English: An effort to slim down and simplify a codebase.
Example: "The service went on a code diet after the team realized three internal wrappers and two helper libraries could be replaced by one straightforward standard API."