ponytail
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Quality Score: 80/100
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- Author
- Baelfyre
- Repository
- Baelfyre/Orchestra
- Created
- 1 months ago
- Last Updated
- today
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
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ponytail
Minimal-code discipline for writing, refactoring, and fixing code — climb the ladder from "does this need to exist" to "minimum that works" before adding anything.
ponytail
Load when coding work should be deliberately minimal: YAGNI, reuse existing code, prefer stdlib/native/already-installed dependencies, shortest correct diff, no unrequested abstractions, or over-engineering review; do not load for non-coding concise reports, general summaries, or communication artifact density.
ponytail
Forces the laziest solution that actually works - simplest, shortest, most minimal. Channels a senior dev: question whether the task needs to exist (YAGNI), reach for the standard library before custom code, native features before dependencies, one line before fifty. Intensity levels: lite, full (default), ultra. Use on ANY coding task - writing, refactoring, fixing, reviewing, or designing code, and choosing libraries. Also whenever the user says "ponytail", "be lazy", "lazy mode", "simplest/minimal solution", "yagni", "do less", "shortest path", or complains about over-engineering, bloat, or boilerplate. Covers bundled subcommands: /ponytail-review (diff - "what can we delete"); /ponytail-audit (whole-repo - "find bloat"); /ponytail-debt ("what did ponytail defer"); /ponytail-gain (scoreboard); /ponytail-help. Do NOT use for non-coding requests (general knowledge, prose, translation, summaries, recipes).