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(This might be more abstract than you wanted)

Hopefully there's an overview of the code base in an `ARCHITECTURE.md` file[1], and then read through it, and the respective documentation and tests for the main modules mentioned in it.

If you assume their tests cover the important business logic / stuff "they want to keep" (ref. "Beyonce Rule"[2]), they should inform you about the most important stuff.

> [1] https://matklad.github.io/2021/02/06/ARCHITECTURE.md.html

> [2] https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/software-engineering-at...




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