The latest articles on DEV Community by Procs (@proportanilityconstant). https://dev.to/proportanilityconstant https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4094330%2F8229fc2b-ceb6-4d31-9cc9-8f3f273a7479.jpg https://dev.to/proportanilityconstant en Procs Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:12:41 +0000 https://dev.to/proportanilityconstant/wrought-for-stopping-your-over-engineered-codebases-729 https://dev.to/proportanilityconstant/wrought-for-stopping-your-over-engineered-codebases-729 <p>What It Does?</p> <p>Wrought enforces two principles on every coding task:</p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Minimal Footprint - The smallest code that correctly solves the problem Verified Completeness - Nothing is reported done until checked. </code></pre> </div> <p>The Ladder Hierarchy</p> <p>Before writing ANY code, agents run through this hierarchy:</p> <p>(a) YAGNI Check: Is this feature actually needed right now?<br> (b) Existing Helper: Does a helper in this codebase already do it?<br> (c) Standard Library: Does the language/framework stdlib do it?<br> (d) Platform Feature: Does a native platform feature do it?<br> (e) Dependency Check: Does an already-installed dependency do it?<br> (f) Minimal Code: Write the minimum custom code possible<br> (g) Test Required: Does this change need a test in the same pass?</p> <p>Try by yourself by visiting github repo: <a href="https://github.com/ProportanilityConstant/WROUGHT#self-verification-protocol" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/ProportanilityConstant/WROUGHT#self-verification-protocol</a></p> <p><a href="https://github.com/ProportanilityConstant/WROUGHT#self-verification-protocol" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p> ai programming productivity tutorial