Core principle. Remove dead code, redundant validators, and stub references first, then build on the simpler base.
Applies when sequencing an addition, refactor, or rewrite. A sequencing rule rather than a sizing rule, which is what separates it from pstack-principle-laziness-protocol.
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.