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v5.0 · 2 min read · 2026-04-10

Training Plan v2 — Biggest Surface in the App, Stress-Test for the v4.0 Cache

The biggest surface in the app — 2,135 lines, 13 nested types, 32 audit findings — broken into 6 extracted views via the V2 Rule. First v2 refactor to benefit from the v4.0 L1 cache; ~40% first-run cache hit rate. Complexity-normalized velocity dropped to 0.23 hours per 100 lines of v1, the best of any v2 pass before or since despite Training being the largest file.

TrainingPlanView.swift
2,135 lines · 13 nested types
Single file containing the entire training plan UI: schedule, exercise lists, set tracking, plan editing, and rest-day handling — all coupled. 32 audit findings.
v2/ + 6 extracted views
7 files · 1,819 lines · 32/32 closed
`v2/TrainingPlanView.swift` (531 lines, container) + 6 extracted views. v1 annotated `HISTORICAL —` and dropped from Sources via project.pbxproj. First v2 refactor to benefit from the v4.0 L1 cache.
What do T1 / T2 / T3 mean?
T1Instrumented — from a ledger/commit
T2Declared — stated, not measured
T3Narrative — estimate from memory

Why this is the v4.0 cache stress-test

Training v2 was deliberately scheduled as the first v2 refactor under PM workflow v4.0, which introduced the L1 learning cache and the reactive data mesh. The brief was literal: "biggest surface in the app — stress-test the per-screen alignment process."

Surfacev1 linesAudit findingsExtracted viewsPosition
Settings1,170~208 (Screens/ + Components/)Mid-cycle
Stats89990 (rewrite, not decomposition)Late v2 series
Training2,135326 + containerFirst v4.0 stress-test
Home1,029270 (single-file rewrite)Pilot of V2 Rule

Training is the biggest in every dimension. First-run L1 cache hit rate: ~40%. Complexity-normalized velocity (hours per 100 lines of v1) was 0.23 — the best of any v2 pass before or since, despite Training being the largest file.

What got extracted

Extracted viewPurpose
TrainingPlanView.swift (531 lines)Container + navigation
TrainingScheduleView.swiftWeekly schedule grid
ExerciseListView.swiftPer-day exercise list
SetTrackingView.swiftIn-workout set logging
PlanEditorView.swiftPlan creation/editing
RestDayView.swiftRest-day rendering + advice
TrainingDayHeaderView.swiftDay header (date + type indicator)

Each extracted view is independently rendered and testable. The container drops from 2,135 → 531 lines.

Cross-feature lesson

Cache benefit scales with refactor size. The v4.0 L1 cache landed real value on Training v2 (40% hit rate, 0.23 h/100 lines normalized velocity) because the refactor was big enough to amortize the cache miss overhead. Smaller refactors (Stats v2: 899 lines → 9 findings) get less cache benefit because there's less to extract patterns from. Cache value correlates with refactor surface area, not just feature importance.

Honest disclosures
  • Cache hit rate (~40%) is from session telemetry at the time of execution — not from the canonical cache_hits[] writer-path that was added later (v6.0+). Tier T2 because the source data is a session log, not the per-feature instrumentation that exists today.
  • "Best velocity of any v2 pass" is a relative claim valid as of 2026-04-10. The metric (hours per 100 lines of v1) does not normalize for design ambiguity, audit-finding severity mix, or extraction complexity — it normalizes purely on volume.
  • The v4.0 L1 cache was introduced for this feature. Cache hit rate from the FIRST run with a cold-but-populated cache is not directly comparable to features that ran on warm caches. Subsequent v2 refactors (Settings v2, Stats v2) ran with warmer caches; their hit rates are not directly comparable to Training v2.
  • This showcase is being published 2026-05-05 (~25 days post-merge) as part of the chain-of-custody initiative (full-repair-mode plan, Decision 2 = publish). The case study itself was written 2026-04-10 at merge time; only the showcase MDX publication is new.
Kill criterion · not fired
  • Decomposition ratio: extracted views must reduce v1 line count by ≥ 10% net. Pre-extraction: 2,135 lines monolithic. Post-extraction: 1,819 lines distributed (~14.8% reduction).
  • V2 Rule compliance violations introduced (e.g., v1 file edited in place). Must remain HISTORICAL and untouched after v2 ships.