Ponytail: Lazy Senior Engineer Skill

He says nothing. He writes one line. It works. // A ruleset that makes your AI coding agent write the least code that works — like a senior dev who's been paged at 3am one too many times. Something's coming. Be the first to know.→the_whole_idea - class CacheManager:- def __init__(self, ttl, maxsize):- self._store, self._lock = {}, Lock()- # ...44 more lines you maintain forever+ @lru_cache(maxsize=1000)+ def fetch(...): ... // same behavior. 48 fewer lines. zero bugs in code that no longer exists. the_ladder over a picker lib.benchmarks // medians across 12 feature tasks on a FastAPI + React repo. // validation, error handling, security and accessibility are never simplified away. install codex plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail copilot plugin install ponytail@ponytail gemini extensions install github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail pi install git:github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail // also OpenCode, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Kiro, Zed and more — 14+ agents. // full list in the README. commands /ponytail lite|full|ultra|off | set intensity, or turn it off | /ponytail-review | find over-engineering in the current diff | /ponytail-audit | scan the whole repo for bloat | /ponytail-debt | collect deferred shortcuts into a ledger | /ponytail-gain | show the benchmark scoreboard | /ponytail-help | quick command reference | intensity Builds what you asked, names the lazier alternative in one line. You pick. The ladder, enforced. Stdlib and native first. Shortest diff, shortest explanation. YAGNI extremist. Ships the one-liner and challenges the rest of the requirement in the same breath.