effective-kotlin

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Apply Effective Kotlin best practices (Marcin Moskała, 2nd Ed). Covers Safety (Items 1-10: mutability, scope, nulls, types, expectations, errors, resources, tests), Readability (Items 11-18: operators, receivers, properties, naming), Reusability (Items 19-25: DRY, generics, delegation, variance), Abstraction (Items 26-32: levels, stability, visibility, contracts), Object Creation (Items 33-35: factories, constructors, DSLs), Class Design (Items 36-44: composition, data classes, sealed hierarchies, equals/hashCode/compareTo, extensions), Efficiency (Items 45-52: object creation, inline, sequences, collections). Trigger on "Effective Kotlin", "Kotlin best practice", "Kotlin idiom", "Kotlin style", "Kotlin review", "Kotlin safety", "Kotlin performance", "Kotlin readability", or "Kotlin design".

193 days ago

microservices-patterns

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Generate and review microservices code using patterns from Chris Richardson's "Microservices Patterns." Use this skill whenever the user asks about microservices architecture, wants to generate service code, design distributed systems, review microservices code, implement sagas, set up CQRS, configure API gateways, handle inter-service communication, or anything related to breaking apart monoliths. Trigger on phrases like "microservice", "saga pattern", "event sourcing", "CQRS", "API gateway", "service mesh", "domain-driven design for services", "distributed transactions", "decompose my monolith", or "review my microservice."

193 days ago

domain-driven-design

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Design and review software using patterns from Eric Evans' "Domain-Driven Design." Use for DDD tactical patterns (Entities, Value Objects, Aggregates, Repositories, Factories, Domain Services), strategic patterns (Bounded Context, Context Map, Anticorruption Layer, Shared Kernel, Open Host Service), supple design (Intention-Revealing Interfaces, Side-Effect-Free Functions, Closure of Operations), distillation (Core Domain, Segregated Core), large-scale structure (Responsibility Layers, Knowledge Level), and Ubiquitous Language. Trigger on "DDD", "domain-driven design", "bounded context", "aggregate root", "value object", "entity", "repository pattern", "domain service", "anticorruption layer", "context map", "ubiquitous language", "core domain", "specification pattern", "supple design", "layered architecture", or "strategic design."

193 days ago

kotlin-in-action

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Apply Kotlin In Action practices (Elizarov, Isakova, Aigner, Jemerov, 2nd Ed). Covers Basics (Ch 1-3: functions, extensions, default args), Classes (Ch 4: sealed, data, delegation, companion objects), Lambdas (Ch 5-6: functional APIs, sequences, scope functions), Nullability (Ch 7-8: safe calls, Elvis, platform types, primitives), Conventions (Ch 9: operators, delegated properties), Higher-Order (Ch 10: inline, noinline, crossinline), Generics (Ch 11: variance, reified), Reflection (Ch 12: KClass, KProperty), DSLs (Ch 13: receivers, @DslMarker), Coroutines (Ch 14: structured concurrency, dispatchers, cancellation), Flows (Ch 15: operators, StateFlow, SharedFlow). Trigger on "Kotlin In Action", "Kotlin idiom", "Kotlin coroutine", "Kotlin flow", "Kotlin DSL", "Kotlin generics", "Kotlin null safety", "Kotlin delegation", "Kotlin inline", or "Kotlin extension".

193 days ago

using-asyncio-python

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Apply Using Asyncio in Python practices (Caleb Hattingh). Covers Introducing Asyncio (Ch 1: what it is, I/O-bound concurrency), Threads (Ch 2: drawbacks, race conditions, GIL, ThreadPoolExecutor), Asyncio Walk-Through (Ch 3: event loop, coroutines, async def/await, tasks, futures, gather, wait, async with, async for, async comprehensions, startup/shutdown, signal handling, executors), Libraries (Ch 4: aiohttp, aiofiles, Sanic, aioredis, asyncpg), Concluding Thoughts (Ch 5), History (App A: generators to async/await), Supplementary (App B). Trigger on "asyncio", "async/await", "event loop", "coroutine", "aiohttp", "async Python", "concurrent I/O", "non-blocking".

193 days ago

effective-python

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Review existing Python code and write new Python code following the 90 best practices from "Effective Python" by Brett Slatkin (2nd Edition). Use when writing Python, reviewing Python code, or wanting idiomatic, Pythonic solutions.

193 days ago

data-pipelines

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Apply Data Pipelines Pocket Reference practices (James Densmore). Covers Infrastructure (Ch 1-2: warehouses, lakes, cloud), Patterns (Ch 3: ETL, ELT, CDC), DB Ingestion (Ch 4: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, full/incremental), File Ingestion (Ch 5: CSV, JSON, cloud storage), API Ingestion (Ch 6: REST, pagination, rate limiting), Streaming (Ch 7: Kafka, Kinesis, event-driven), Storage (Ch 8: Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake), Transforms (Ch 9: SQL, Python, dbt), Validation (Ch 10: Great Expectations, schema checks), Orchestration (Ch 11: Airflow, DAGs, scheduling), Monitoring (Ch 12: SLAs, alerting), Best Practices (Ch 13: idempotency, backfilling, error handling). Trigger on "data pipeline", "ETL", "ELT", "data ingestion", "Airflow", "dbt", "data warehouse", "Kafka streaming", "CDC", "data orchestration".

193 days ago

effective-java

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Generate and review Java code using patterns and best practices from Joshua Bloch's "Effective Java" (3rd Edition). Use this skill whenever the user asks about Java best practices, API design, object creation patterns, generics, enums, lambdas, streams, concurrency, serialization, method design, exception handling, or writing clean, maintainable Java code. Trigger on phrases like "Effective Java", "Java best practices", "builder pattern", "static factory", "defensive copy", "immutable class", "enum type", "generics", "bounded wildcard", "PECS", "stream pipeline", "optional", "thread safety", "serialization proxy", "checked exception", "try-with-resources", "composition over inheritance", "method reference", "functional interface", or "Java API design."

193 days ago

system-design-interview

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Apply system design principles from System Design Interview by Alex Xu. Covers scaling (load balancing, DB replication, sharding, caching, CDN), estimation (QPS, storage, bandwidth), the 4-step framework, and 12 real designs: rate limiter, consistent hashing, key-value store, unique ID generator, URL shortener, web crawler, notification system, news feed, chat system, search autocomplete, YouTube, Google Drive. Trigger on "system design", "scale", "high-level design", "distributed system", "rate limiter", "consistent hashing", "back-of-envelope", "QPS", "sharding", "load balancer", "CDN", "cache", "message queue", "web crawler", "news feed", "chat system", "autocomplete", "URL shortener".

193 days ago

skill-router

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Select the 1-2 most relevant @booklib/skills for a given file, PR, or task. Use before applying any skill when unsure which book's lens applies, or when multiple skills could apply. Trigger on "which skill", "which book", "route this", "what skill should I use", or whenever a user describes a task without specifying a skill. Returns a ranked recommendation with rationale and anti-triggers.

193 days ago

refactoring-ui

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Apply UI design principles from Refactoring UI by Adam Wathan & Steve Schoger. Covers visual hierarchy (size, weight, color, spacing), layout systems (spacing scales, grids), typography (type scales, line-height, alignment), color (HSL palettes, shade systems, accessible contrast), depth (shadow elevation, overlap), images (text on images, user content, icons), and finishing touches (accent borders, empty states, fewer borders). Trigger on "UI design", "visual hierarchy", "spacing system", "type scale", "color palette", "shadow", "layout", "design system", "component design", "card design", "form design", "button design", "refactoring UI", "design tokens", "dark mode", "responsive design".

193 days ago

data-intensive-patterns

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Generate and review data-intensive application code using patterns from Martin Kleppmann's "Designing Data-Intensive Applications." Use this skill whenever the user asks about data storage engines, replication, partitioning, transactions, distributed systems, batch or stream processing, encoding/serialization, consistency models, consensus, event sourcing, CQRS, change data capture, or anything related to building reliable, scalable, and maintainable data systems. Trigger on phrases like "data-intensive", "replication", "partitioning", "sharding", "LSM-tree", "B-tree", "transaction isolation", "distributed consensus", "stream processing", "batch processing", "event sourcing", "CQRS", "CDC", "change data capture", "serialization format", "schema evolution", "consensus algorithm", "leader election", "total order broadcast", or "data pipeline."

193 days ago

clean-code-reviewer

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Reviews code against Robert C. Martin's Clean Code principles. Use when users share code for review, ask for refactoring suggestions, or want to improve code quality. Produces actionable feedback organized by Clean Code principles with concrete before/after examples.

193 days ago

storytelling-with-data

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Apply data visualization and storytelling principles from Storytelling with Data by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic. Covers choosing effective visuals (line, bar, table, scatterplot), eliminating clutter (Gestalt principles, data-ink ratio), focusing attention (preattentive attributes, strategic color), thinking like a designer (affordances, alignment, white space), and narrative structure (three-act story, horizontal/vertical logic, Big Idea). Trigger on "data visualization", "chart design", "dashboard design", "data storytelling", "presentation chart", "declutter chart", "bar chart", "line chart", "data narrative", "slide deck data", "chart review", "viz critique", "storytelling with data".

193 days ago

lean-startup

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Apply The Lean Startup practices (Eric Ries). Covers Vision (Ch 1-4: Start, Define, Learn, Experiment — validated learning, Build-Measure-Learn loop), Steer (Ch 5-8: Leap of faith assumptions, MVP testing, innovation accounting, pivot or persevere decisions), Accelerate (Ch 9-14: small batches, engines of growth — sticky/viral/paid, adaptive organization, Five Whys, innovation sandbox, startup within enterprise). Trigger on "lean startup", "MVP", "minimum viable product", "validated learning", "pivot", "Build-Measure-Learn", "innovation accounting", "product-market fit", "startup strategy", "lean methodology", "growth engine", "Five Whys".

193 days ago

web-scraping-python

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Apply Web Scraping with Python practices (Ryan Mitchell). Covers First Scrapers (Ch 1: urllib, BeautifulSoup), HTML Parsing (Ch 2: find, findAll, CSS selectors, regex, lambda), Crawling (Ch 3-4: single-domain, cross-site, crawl models), Scrapy (Ch 5: spiders, items, pipelines, rules), Storing Data (Ch 6: CSV, MySQL, files, email), Reading Documents (Ch 7: PDF, Word, encoding), Cleaning Data (Ch 8: normalization, OpenRefine), NLP (Ch 9: n-grams, Markov, NLTK), Forms & Logins (Ch 10: POST, sessions, cookies), JavaScript (Ch 11: Selenium, headless, Ajax), APIs (Ch 12: REST, undocumented), Image/OCR (Ch 13: Pillow, Tesseract), Avoiding Traps (Ch 14: headers, honeypots), Testing (Ch 15: unittest, Selenium), Parallel (Ch 16: threads, processes), Remote (Ch 17: Tor, proxies), Legalities (Ch 18: robots.txt, CFAA, ethics). Trigger on "web scraping", "BeautifulSoup", "Scrapy", "crawler", "spider", "scraper", "parse HTML", "Selenium scraping", "data extraction".

193 days ago

animation-at-work

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Apply web animation principles from Animation at Work by Rachel Nabors. Covers human perception of motion, 12 principles of animation, animation patterns (transitions, supplements, feedback, demonstrations, decorations), CSS transitions, CSS animations, Web Animations API, SVG/Canvas/WebGL, communicating animation with storyboards and motion comps, performance (composite-only properties, will-change, RAIL), accessibility (prefers- reduced-motion, vestibular disorders), and team workflow. Trigger on "animation", "transition", "CSS animation", "keyframe", "easing", "motion design", "web animation", "prefers-reduced-motion", "storyboard", "parallax", "loading animation", "hover effect", "micro-interaction".

193 days ago

design-patterns

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Apply and review GoF design patterns from Head First Design Patterns. Use for Creational patterns (Factory Method, Abstract Factory, Singleton, Builder, Prototype), Structural patterns (Adapter, Bridge, Composite, Decorator, Facade, Flyweight, Proxy), Behavioral patterns (Chain of Responsibility, Command, Interpreter, Iterator, Mediator, Memento, Observer, State, Strategy, Template Method, Visitor), compound patterns (MVC), and OO design principles. Trigger on "design pattern", "GoF", "Gang of Four", "factory", "singleton", "observer", "strategy", "decorator", "adapter", "facade", "proxy", "composite", "command", "iterator", "state", "template method", "builder", "prototype", "bridge", "flyweight", "mediator", "memento", "visitor", "chain of responsibility", "interpreter", "MVC", "refactor to pattern", or "code smells."

193 days ago