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Community Code Simplification Best Practices

Comprehensive code simplification guide for AI agents and LLMs. Contains 47 rules across 8 categories, prioritized by impact from critical (context discovery, behavior preservation) to incremental (language idioms). Each rule includes detailed explanations, real-world examples comparing incorrect vs. correct implementations, and specific impact metrics.

Core Principles

  1. Context First: Understand project conventions before making any changes
  2. Behavior Preservation: Change how code is written, never what it does
  3. Scope Discipline: Focus on recently modified code, keep diffs small
  4. Clarity Over Brevity: Explicit, readable code beats clever one-liners

When to Apply

Reference these guidelines when:

  • Simplifying or cleaning up recently modified code
  • Reducing nesting, complexity, or duplication
  • Improving naming and readability
  • Applying language-specific idiomatic patterns
  • Reviewing code for maintainability issues
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