taste-check

Review code with Linus Torvalds' 'good taste' philosophy: eliminate defensive programming, special cases, and deep nesting.

• Trust upstream data, no unnecessary ? or defaults
• Eliminate special cases and runtime checks
• Zero post-return mutation and string concatenation
• Single responsibility and early validation

• Zero defensive code (no ??, ||, ?)
• Zero post-return mutation
• Zero string concatenation
• Functions < 50 lines, max 3 levels of nesting
• Validate early, fail fast, expose issues upstream
• Extract pure functions, remove dead code
• No try-catch to hide errors
• Direct, technical, no fluff criticism

1. 1.Ask scope: file, diff, or snippet
2. 2.Read code via Read or Bash tool
3. 3.Apply 10 taste rules to assess
4. 4.Output structured review: rating, issues, smells, suggestions
5. 5.Include concrete examples (before/after)
6. 6.Score: green for good taste, red for garbage