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Principle Laziness Protocol

Coding8.2K installs

What it does

Apply when refactoring, evaluating diff size, or tempted to add abstractions, layers, or signal threading. Bias toward deletion and the smallest change that solves the problem.

Install

npx skills add https://github.com/backnotprop/pstack --skill principle-laziness-protocol

Website

www.skills.sh/backnotprop/pstack/principle-laziness-protocol

Details

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Laziness Protocol

  • Consolidate decisions. Do not repeat the same choice in several places. Put it behind one source of truth and pass the result as a simple flag.
  • Minimize the diff. Make the smallest change that solves the problem. Fewer lines beat elegant boilerplate.

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