diff --git a/src/backend/mod.rs b/src/backend/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bfd49c..0000000
--- a/src/backend/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
-use std::sync::RwLock;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
-
-pub struct BackendPool {
-    pub backends: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, Arc<Backend>>>>,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Backend {
-    pub id: String,
-    pub address: SocketAddr,
-    pub is_healthy: AtomicBool,    // no clue how this should work, for now
-    pub current_load: AtomicUsize, // no clue how this should work, for now
-}
-
-impl BackendPool {
-    pub fn new(initial_backends: Vec<Arc<Backend>>) -> Self {
-        let mut map = HashMap::new();
-        for backend in initial_backends {
-            map.insert(backend.id.clone(), backend);
-        }
-
-        Self {
-            backends: Arc::new(RwLock::new(map)),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn add_backend(&self, backend: Arc<Backend>) {
-        let mut backends_guard = self.backends
-            .write()
-            .expect("BackendPool lock poisoned");
-        // let backends_guard = self.backends.read().unwrap_or_else(|poisoned| poisoned.into_inner());
-        backends_guard.insert(backend.id.clone(), backend);
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_backend(&self, id: &str) -> Option<Arc<Backend>> {
-        let backends_guard = self.backends
-            .read()
-            .expect("BackendPool lock poisoned");
-        // let backends_guard = self.backends.read().unwrap_or_else(|poisoned| poisoned.into_inner());
-        backends_guard.get(id).cloned()
-    }
-
-    pub fn bruh_amogus_sus(&self) {
-        for k in self.backends.read().unwrap().keys() {
-            self.backends.write().unwrap().get(k).unwrap().increment_current_load();
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Backend {
-    pub fn new(id: String, address: SocketAddr) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            id: id,
-            address: address,
-            is_healthy: AtomicBool::new(false),
-            current_load: AtomicUsize::new(0),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn increment_current_load(&self) {
-        self.current_load.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-    }
-
-    pub fn decrement_current_load(&self) {
-        self.current_load.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/balancer/adaptive_weight.rs b/src/balancer/adaptive_weight.rs
index c74b888..46b0e47 100644
--- a/src/balancer/adaptive_weight.rs
+++ b/src/balancer/adaptive_weight.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ impl ServerMetrics {
         ServerMetrics { cpu: 0.0, mem: 0.0, net: 0.0, io: 0.0 }
     }
 
-    pub fn update_ema(&mut self, cpu: f64, mem: f64, net: f64, io: f64, alpha: f64) {
+    pub fn update(&mut self, cpu: f64, mem: f64, net: f64, io: f64, alpha: f64) {
         self.cpu = cpu;
         self.mem = mem;
         self.net = net;
@@ -40,29 +40,21 @@ impl ServerState {
     }
 }
 
-/// This implementation keeps an EMA of reported resource usage (cpu/mem/net/io),
-/// computes a composite load L = sum(coeff_i * metric_i) and converts that to
-/// a selection weight. Lower load -> higher weight. Selection is weighted-random.
 pub struct AdaptiveBalancer {
     servers: Vec<ServerState>,
     // resource coefficients (cpu, mem, net, io) - sum to 1.0
     coeffs: [f64; 4],
-    // EMA smoothing factor (alpha)
     alpha: f64,
     rng: SmallRng,
 }
 
 impl AdaptiveBalancer {
-    /// Create a new balancer from a list of backends.
-    /// `coeffs` are the importance weights for cpu,mem,net,io respectively.
-    /// `alpha` controls EMA smoothing (0..1). Typical alpha ~0.2-0.5.
     pub fn new(backends: Vec<Backend>, coeffs: [f64; 4], alpha: f64) -> Self {
         let servers = backends.into_iter().map(ServerState::new).collect();
         let rng = SmallRng::from_entropy();
         AdaptiveBalancer { servers, coeffs, alpha, rng }
     }
 
-    /// Add a backend at runtime.
     pub fn add_backend(&mut self, backend: Backend) {
         self.servers.push(ServerState::new(backend));
     }
@@ -72,7 +64,7 @@ impl AdaptiveBalancer {
     pub fn update_metrics(&mut self, backend_addr: &str, cpu: f64, mem: f64, net: f64, io: f64) {
         for s in &mut self.servers {
             if s.backend.to_string() == backend_addr {
-                s.metrics.update_ema(cpu, mem, net, io, self.alpha);
+                s.metrics.update(cpu, mem, net, io, self.alpha);
                 return;
             }
         }