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We aimed to explore the challenges, insights, and outcomes of applying a smell detection tool in real-world software projects.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We conducted an evaluative case study involving a large-scale proprietary company, analyzing CR and BT smells in a large software project using\n                      <jats:italic>Smellyzer<\/jats:italic>\n                      . We collected data through pre-surveys, focus groups, questionnaires, follow-up study and tool-based analyses, and then analyzed these data using triangulation and grounded theory methods.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Practitioners confirmed the presence of CR and BT smells in their workflows and provided detailed feedback on root causes and their impacts on development efficiency. They also rated the tool\u2019s usefulness at identifying CR smells as 5 out of 5 and BT smells as 4.6 out of 5. 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