design-deliberately
Design Deliberately
Philosophy
Every pixel is real estate. Every character, shape, line, and shade must earn its place. If you remove something and nobody notices, it should never have been there.
Form follows function. Decoration is debt. Clarity is kindness.
The Razor
Before adding any element, ask:
- Does it serve a user goal? If not, cut it.
- Can something existing do this job? If yes, don't add.
- Would removing it break understanding? If no, cut it.
- Is it communicating or decorating? If decorating, cut it.
Core Principles
More from mohganji/skills
cut-the-crap
Calculate CRAP (Change Risk Anti-Patterns) scores for functions in a codebase, identify high-risk methods, propose refactoring and test improvements, estimate new scores, and implement fixes after user approval. Use when user mentions CRAP score, code risk, wants to reduce complexity, improve testability, or says "cut the crap".
6priority-score
Score feature priorities using Geoff Ralston's (b*d)/c formula — Breadth, Depth, and Cost on 1-5 scales yielding a 1-100 priority score. Use when user wants to prioritize features, decide what to build next, rank a backlog, compare initiatives, or mentions "priority score".
4setup-crap-check
One-time setup skill that adds CRAP score enforcement via GitHub Actions CI and pre-commit hook. Detects repo language and test framework, asks user about thresholds, generates the workflow YAML and hook script. Use when user wants to enforce CRAP score thresholds on their codebase.
4no-broken-window
Detect, establish, and enforce codebase patterns so one violation doesn't erode the standard. Use when user discusses a rule, pattern, or convention they want uniform across the codebase, wants to unify inconsistent behavior, mentions enforcing a standard, preventing drift, or keeping things consistent, or invokes /no-broken-window.
4dry
Find structural duplicate code (DRY violations) across a Python or JS/TS codebase using normalized AST fingerprinting, report candidates with similarity scores, and refactor them after user approval. Use when user mentions DRY, duplicate code, copy-paste code, structural duplication, or says "dry".
3setup-sandcastle
One-time setup skill that walks the user through installing and configuring Sandcastle for isolated sandbox environments. Configures the sandbox provider (Docker, Podman, or Firecracker), verifies the runtime, and adds sandbox defaults to CLAUDE.md. Use when user wants to enable parallelized agent work or sandboxed TDD.
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