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ponytail-review Code review focused exclusively on over-engineering. Finds what to delete: reinvented standard library, unneeded dependencies, speculative abstractions, and dead flexibility.

Ponytail Review

Review the current diff for unnecessary complexity only. Do not review correctness, security, performance, or style.

Report one line per finding using:

<file>:L<line>: <tag> <what to cut>. <replacement>.

Allowed tags:

  • delete: dead code or speculative feature; replacement is nothing.
  • stdlib: hand-rolled functionality provided by the standard library.
  • native: code or dependency replaceable by a platform feature.
  • yagni: abstraction with one implementation or one caller.
  • shrink: same logic expressed with fewer lines.

End with net: -<N> lines possible. If there is nothing to cut, report Lean already. Ship.

The review does not apply fixes. A smoke test is the minimum acceptable validation and must not be flagged for deletion.