Linus Coding Standards

About

The Linus Coding Standards skill integrates the core software engineering principles of Linus Torvalds directly into your development workflow. It helps developers shift their focus from complex, 'clever' code to robust data structure design and pragmatic problem-solving. By prioritizing simplicity and eliminating unnecessary special cases, this skill ensures that your code is maintainable, efficient, and focused on solving real-world production issues rather than imaginary requirements.

Key Features

• Data-structure-first analysis to simplify complex conditional logic and branching.
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• Pragmatic problem verification to ensure development work addresses real production needs.
• High-integrity code review based on the 'good taste' philosophy of clean software design.
• Complexity reduction framework designed to halve unnecessary concepts and code volume.
• Assertion-driven logic patterns that favor explicit failures over silent defensive errors.

Use Cases

• Analyzing new feature requirements to design the simplest possible technical implementation.
• Conducting rigorous code reviews to identify fatal design flaws and structural improvements.
• Refactoring legacy codebases to reduce technical debt and improve architectural 'taste'.