programming-principles

Programming principles and philosophy based on Rob Pike's 5 Rules of Programming, with related wisdom from Tony Hoare, Ken Thompson, and Fred Brooks. Make sure to use this skill whenever the user is making optimization decisions, choosing between simple and complex algorithms, designing data structures, evaluating performance tuning approaches, reviewing code for unnecessary complexity, or pushing back on premature optimization and over-engineering - even if they do not explicitly mention Pike, principles, or philosophy.