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system-design

Principles for building reusable coding systems. Use when designing modules, APIs, CLIs, or any code meant to be used by others. Based on "A Philosophy of Software Design" by John Ousterhout. Covers deep modules, complexity management, and design red flags.

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Installation and usage

Principles for building reusable coding systems. Use when designing modules, APIs, CLIs, or any code meant to be used by others. Based on "A Philosophy of Software Design" by John Ousterhout. Covers deep modules, complexity management, and design red flags.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use system-design