skinnyandbald/finalize

Finalize Recent Work

Clean up after a feature is done — remove iteration artifacts and consolidate the implementation.

Instructions

Step 1: Identify Session Artifacts

Review recent changes (git diff or git diff --staged) and flag:

Remove:

• console.log, print(), dd(), var_dump(), debugger statements
• Commented-out code (old approaches, false starts)
• TODO/FIXME comments that were resolved
• Temporary variable names (temp, test, foo, xxx)
• Unused imports added during exploration
• Test data or hardcoded values that should be dynamic

Simplify:

• Duplicated logic that can be extracted
• Over-engineered abstractions (does it need that wrapper?)
• Naming inconsistencies introduced during iteration
• Unnecessarily complex conditionals
• Functions that grew too long during development

Verify:

• No leftover feature flags for this feature
• Error messages are user-facing quality (not developer shorthand)
• Types are specific (no any that snuck in)
• No credentials, API keys, or secrets in the diff

Step 2: Clean Up

Make changes in small, reviewable steps:

1. Remove debug statements and dead code
2. Fix naming inconsistencies
3. Simplify where possible
4. Verify nothing broke

Step 3: Run Tests

Run the project's test suite to ensure cleanup didn't break anything.

Step 4: Report

## Finalize Summary

**Files cleaned:** [count]

### Removed
- [X] debug statements
- [X] commented-out blocks
- [X] unused imports

### Simplified
- [description of simplification]

### Verified
- All tests passing
- No secrets in diff
- No `any` types introduced

Rules

• Never change behavior — only clean up presentation
• If you're unsure whether code is dead, leave it and flag it rather than deleting
• Run tests after every batch of changes
• Keep cleanup commits separate from feature commits