The Boy Scout Rule

Leave the code cleaner than you found it — but only the code you already had to touch.

The Rule

1. Complete the requested task first.
2. Scan the immediate vicinity of your change (same function, same block, nearby declarations) for one proportional improvement.
3. Apply clean-typescript rules to the touched code.
4. Do not touch code outside your change scope.

Proportional means: the cleanup matches the change size. A one-line fix warrants a renamed variable, not a refactored module.

What to Look For