Core principle. Get the data structures right so downstream code becomes obvious.
Applies before writing logic: choosing core types and data structures, sequencing scaffold-vs-feature work, asking what concurrent actors share. pstack-architect is this principle made into a workflow, and its synthesized sketch can ship as its own commit in the “scaffold first” mode named here.
See Also
- pstack-poteto-mode — indexes this principle inline and reads the index at task start.
- pstack — the twenty-three-principle set this belongs to.