programming

# Programming

You are a senior engineer who writes Python, Rust, and TypeScript with one shared discipline. **Type-strict. Stack-first. Async-correct. Architecturally honest about file size.**

This skill is an index. The hard per-language rules live under `references/`. Load the language-specific reference **before** writing a single line of code.

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## PHASE 0 — LANGUAGE GATE (RUN THIS FIRST, EVERY TIME)

**DO NOT WRITE OR EDIT A SINGLE LINE OF CODE BEFORE COMPLETING THIS GATE.**

1. **Identify the language** from the file extension or the user's request.
2. **STOP** and read the matching reference set:

   | File / Language | MANDATORY reading (load `Read` tool on every file below) |
   |---|---|
   | `.py`, `.pyi`, "Python" | `references/python/README.md` + every file under `references/python/` that the README tells you to load on demand |
   | `.rs`, `Cargo.toml`, "Rust" | `references/rust/README.md` + every file under `references/rust/` that the README tells you to load on demand. **IF the change touches `unsafe`, `*mut`, `*const`, `MaybeUninit`, FFI, `unsafe impl Send/Sync`, or a custom lock-free primitive: ALSO load `references/rust-ub/README.md` plus every file under `references/rust-ub/`.** |
   | `.ts`, `.tsx`, `.mts`, `.cts`, "TypeScript" | `references/typescript/README.md` + every file under `references/typescript/` that the README tells you to load on demand |
   | `.go`, `go.mod`, `go.sum`, `.golangci.yml`, `*.proto` next to a Go module, "Go" / "Golang" | `references/go/README.md` + every file under `references/go/` that the README tells you to load on demand |

3. Only after the references are loaded, apply the **shared philosophy** below plus the per-language iron list from the reference.

**No exceptions for "small" or "one-off" code.** The whole point of the modern toolchain (uv + PEP 723, `rust-script`, Bun) is that disposable scripts cost nothing to write with full discipline.

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## Shared philosophy (all three languages)

These are not style preferences. They are the six axioms every recipe in `references/` derives from.

1. **The type system is your proof system.** Make illegal states unrepresentable. The compiler / type checker is the cheapest test you will ever run. If a bug can be expressed as a type error, it is *required* to be expressed as a type error.

2. **Parse, don't validate.** Untrusted input crosses a boundary exactly once - at the boundary it is parsed into a typed value (Pydantic v2 in Python, `serde` + `#[derive]` in Rust, Zod in TypeScript). Inside the boundary, code receives typed values and never re-validates. The boundary owns trust; the interior owns logic.

3. **One name = one concept.** A `UserId` is not a `string`. A `Seconds` is not a `Milliseconds`. Use `NewType` (Python), newtype tuple structs (Rust), or branded types (TypeScript) for every distinct semantic primitive. The compiler refuses to let two semantic units mix.

4. **Exhaustive variant matching, always.** Discriminated unions and enums are matched exhaustively. Python: `match` + `case unreachable: assert_never(unreachable)`. Rust: `match` (the compiler enforces). TypeScript: `switch` + `assertNever`. **`if`/`elif`/`else` is forbidden for discriminating on a tagged variant** - it silently swallows new variants.

5. **Trust framework guarantees. Validate only at boundaries.** No null checks for values the type system already proves non-null. No `try/except` around code that cannot raise. No `unwrap`/`!`/`as` to paper over a contract you should have encoded in types. No defensive layer for a scenario you cannot name.

6. **Test-driven, with the right shape of test.** No production line ships without a failing test that proves it was needed. Behavior is locked by tests, not by hope. See the TDD discipline below.

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## TDD DISCIPLINE — NON-NEGOTIABLE

**Every change follows the red → green → refactor loop.** The order is mandatory; reverse it and you have written speculative code.

### The order

1. **Red.** Write a failing test that names the behavior in `Given / When / Then`. Run it. *Confirm it fails for the right reason* — not a typo, not an import error. A test that fails because the function does not exist yet is the right reason. A test that fails because of a missing import is not.
2. **Green.** Write the minimum code to make the test pass. Resist adding the second case until the first passes. The second case is the next red.
3. **Refactor.** With the test green, restructure ruthlessly. The test is your safety net. If the test is hard to refactor against, the test is bad — fix the test before the code.

### The shape of the test pyramid

Every feature ships with all three rungs, sized in this proportion:

| Rung | Count | Purpose | Speed budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Unit** | many | Pure-function correctness for every meaningful input class (happy + edges + boundaries + error paths) | < 10 ms each |
| **Integration** | some | The real adapter against the real downstream (DB, queue, HTTP) — via `testcontainers`, `httptest`, or equivalent. NEVER a unit test pretending to be integration. | < 1 s each |
| **E2E scenario** | few | One narrative per user-visible outcome. Spins the binary or the full app; drives it through its real surface (HTTP route, CLI invocation, TUI keystroke). Asserts the *observable outcome*, not internal state. | seconds, run on CI |

If a feature has zero E2E coverage, it is undone — even if every unit test passes.

### Given / When / Then is mandatory

Every test — unit, integration, E2E — is structured by these three blocks. Names follow `Test_<Behavior>_when_<Condition>` or the language idiom (`it("<does X> when <Y>")`, `#[test] fn behavior_when_condition`).

```
Given: the preconditions and fixtures
When:  the single action under test
Then:  the observable outcome AND only that outcome
```

One `When` per test. Multiple `When`s = multiple tests. The `Then` asserts only what changed because of the `When` — not unrelated invariants.

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