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    About GLUMs™: I think abbreviation for "lightweight" could be removed, since methods should be lightweight by following best practices ;) Commented Oct 8, 2017 at 9:50
  • @Fabio I agree. I included the term as a (probably not terribly funny and possibly confusing) joke that serves as an abbreviation for this question's write-up. I think "lightweight" seemed appropriate here because the codebases in question are long-lived, legacy, and a little messy, i.e. there happen to be many other methods (not usually these GUMs ;-) that are "heavyweight". If I had more (ehem, any) budget at the moment, I'd definitely take a more aggressive approach and address the latter. Commented Oct 8, 2017 at 17:04