Optimize

Reduce waste and improve efficiency. Only optimize after you have real users and real problems — premature optimization is the most common waste of founder time.

This skill is for making existing things faster and leaner. For building features, use build. For fixing bugs, use debug. For monitoring performance in production, use monitor. For database schema design, use database.

Workflow

Optimize your app:
- [ ] Measure first — get actual numbers (page load, API speed, bundle size)
- [ ] Speed — fix the slowest page or API endpoint
- [ ] Dependencies — update packages, remove unused ones
- [ ] Database — clean orphaned data, optimize slow queries
- [ ] Code — remove dead code and unused files
- [ ] Re-measure — verify improvements with numbers

When to Optimize (and When NOT To)