Code Simplify

Research code accumulates complexity silently. Each decision was locally reasonable. The result is a codebase where changing one hyperparameter requires touching 4 files. This skill cuts the decorative complexity while protecting the load-bearing kind.

The target is not minimum lines. It's minimum complexity needed to reproduce the paper.

Step 1: Diagnose before touching anything

Read the code. Produce a complexity audit — a ranked list of overhead sources, from highest impact to lowest. Frame each item as:

[PATTERN] → [WHAT IT COSTS] → [PROPOSED MOVE]