What are the core rules included in this skill?

The skill is based on Rob Pike's 5 Rules of Programming, covering measurement, profiling, algorithm simplicity, correctness, and data structure priority.

How does this skill help with performance tuning?

It enforces a 'measure before optimizing' workflow, ensuring that developers only tune code after identifying actual bottlenecks through profiling.

Does this skill support specific programming languages?

These principles are language-agnostic and apply to all software engineering tasks regardless of the stack being used.

When will Claude trigger these programming principles?

Claude uses this skill when you are making optimization decisions, choosing between algorithms, designing data structures, or reviewing complex code.

Programming Principles & Philosophy

Name: Programming Principles & Philosophy
Author: bbaktaeho

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Implements foundational software engineering philosophies and Rob Pike's rules to prevent over-engineering and ensure code simplicity.

This skill equips Claude with the core wisdom of programming pioneers like Rob Pike, Ken Thompson, and Fred Brooks to guide architectural and optimization decisions. It focuses on five critical categories: measurement-driven tuning, simplicity over clever algorithms, and the priority of data structure design over complex logic. By integrating these principles, the skill helps developers resist premature optimization, choose maintainable algorithms, and build more robust systems by following the philosophy that simple code is inherently more correct and easier to debug.

Características Principales

010 GitHub stars

02Data-structure-first design methodology

03Advocacy for simple algorithms over complex alternatives

04Measurement-driven performance tuning guidance

05Comparative examples of simple vs. over-engineered code

06Prevention of premature optimization during development

Casos de Uso

01Reviewing existing codebases to identify and remove unnecessary abstractions

02Choosing between a simple brute-force approach and a complex algorithm

03Deciding whether a performance optimization is worth the added complexity

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add bbaktaeho/bbaktaeho-agent-skills programming-principles

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Características Principales

010 GitHub stars

02Data-structure-first design methodology

03Advocacy for simple algorithms over complex alternatives

04Measurement-driven performance tuning guidance

05Comparative examples of simple vs. over-engineered code

06Prevention of premature optimization during development

Casos de Uso

01Reviewing existing codebases to identify and remove unnecessary abstractions

02Choosing between a simple brute-force approach and a complex algorithm

03Deciding whether a performance optimization is worth the added complexity

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add bbaktaeho/bbaktaeho-agent-skills programming-principles

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT