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The Pragmatic Programmer

Apply craftsmanship principles like DRY and orthogonality. (For developers.)

Part of Book skills by @wondelai

Applies the Pragmatic Programmer's meta-principles — DRY, orthogonality, tracer bullets, and design by contract.

What it does

  • Applies DRY and orthogonality to your code.
  • Builds with tracer bullets and contracts.

How to install (2 minutes)

  1. 1Download the .zip and unzip it — you’ll get a folder called pragmatic-programmer.
  2. 2In the Claude app: open Settings → Capabilities → Skills, choose Add / Upload, and select the folder (or the .zip).
  3. 3In Claude Code: drop the folder into your project’s .claude/skills/ directory, then type /skills to confirm it loaded.
  4. 4That’s it — the skill activates on its own when it fits what you’re doing.

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