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the_whole_idea

Your agent reaches for fifty lines. The job needs one.

- class CacheManager:-     def __init__(self, ttl, maxsize):-         self._store, self._lock = {}, Lock()-     # ...44 more lines you maintain forever+ @lru_cache(maxsize=1000)+ def fetch(...): ...

// same behavior. 48 fewer lines. zero bugs in code that no longer exists.

the_ladder

Stop at the first rung that holds.

1. Does this need to exist? Speculative need = skip it. (YAGNI)
2. Already in this codebase? Reuse the helper, util, or pattern that already lives here.
3. Does the standard library do it? Use it.
4. Native platform feature covers it? <input type="date"> over a picker lib.
5. Already-installed dependency solves it? Use it. Don't add a new one.
6. Can it be one line? One line.
7. Only then: the minimum code that works.

benchmarks

Less code. Fewer tokens. Same safety.

// medians across 12 feature tasks on a FastAPI + React repo.
// validation, error handling, security and accessibility are never simplified away.

install

Two lines for Claude Code.

// also OpenCode, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Kiro, Zed and more — 14+ agents.
// full list in the README.

commands

Drive it from chat.

intensity

Pick how lazy.