yes, refactoring is never something that I would plan as a standalone thing - it's just a part of building features or fixing bugs. If you're going to be worki

yes, refactoring is never something that I would plan as a standalone thing - it's just a part of building features or fixing bugs. If you're going to be working on a part of the codebase that you know is difficult to work with, you need to pad your estimate whether you're planning to refactor it or not - either you use the time to do the refactor, or you use the time to sort out the bugs you introduced by working on scary code without refactoring.