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title: "Discussion on \"Why you never heard of codemods and why that should change\" | Hashnode"
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[Arshan Dabirsiaghi](https://hashnode.com/@nahsrasec)

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Jan 23, 2024

# [Why you never heard of codemods and why that should change](https://nahsra.hashnode.dev/why-you-never-heard-of-codemods-and-why-that-should-change?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Almost no one in my engineering circles uses codemods. Few of them have heard of them, and even fewer use them. Codemods are cool, so why is that? If you’re of the small number of people that know about codemods, feel free to skip the next section an...

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[#codemod](https://hashnode.com/tag/codemod) [#java](https://hashnode.com/tag/java) [#refactoring](https://hashnode.com/tag/refactoring) [#developer-tools](https://hashnode.com/tag/developer-tools)

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[Karam Srikanth Reddy](https://hashnode.com/@Srikanth000Reddy)

I code.

[Feb 18, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-you-never-heard-of-codemods-and-why-that-should-change/65b0207ca43ccb81e6a65b74/comment/65d20db20dbcb6e7f2ad4f77)

Is there a way we can search for specific code which does specific job and change all that code at once in the backend?