Review your own code before anyone else sees it
Here's the change I'm about to push: {{paste the diff}}. Context: {{what it's meant to do, what the codebase conventions are}}. Review it as three different people, separately: 1.…
76 copies · 16 likesWORKS WITH WINDSURF
Prompts for Windsurf
Community-tested ways to get more useful results from Windsurf.
Add a promptUnderstand an unfamiliar codebase fast
I've just been dropped into this codebase and need to ship a change to {{area}} this week. Given the files below, produce an orientation doc: 1. What this system does, in two sent…
90 copies · 15 likesRefactor without changing behaviour
Refactor the code below. The behaviour must not change, including its bugs, unless I approve the change. Process: 1. First, describe the current behaviour precisely, including edg…
59 copies · 17 likesConvert a script into something maintainable
This script works but it's about to become important: {{paste script}}. Harden it without over-engineering: 1. Name the failure modes it currently has — what happens on a network …
98 copies · 13 likesAdd logging to code you did not write
Here's a module I inherited and now have to support: {{paste the code}}. It currently logs {{nothing / everything at debug}}. Propose targeted logging, not a rewrite. For each sug…
89 copies · 11 likesUnblock a dependency upgrade that broke the build
A dependency upgrade broke my build. Upgrade: {{package, from version, to version}}. Errors: {{paste the first and last 30 lines of the failure}}. Lockfile or manifest: {{paste rel…
81 copies · 16 likesTriage a test suite that fails at random
My CI is red often enough that people rerun jobs instead of reading them. Failure data: {{paste test names, failure counts, and recent failure output}}. Stack and test runner: {{e.…
67 copies · 16 likesPlan a schema migration that runs under live traffic
I need to change a database schema while the app keeps serving traffic. Current shape: {{tables, columns, types, indexes, row counts}}. Target shape: {{what it should become}}. Sta…
62 copies · 15 likesExplain this error like a senior engineer would
Here's an error and the relevant code. Diagnose it properly. 1. Translate the error into plain language: what the runtime was trying to do when it gave up. 2. Name the actual caus…
96 copies · 10 likesWrite the on-call runbook for the service you own
You are a staff engineer writing an on-call runbook for someone who has never touched this service. The service: {{what it does, who depends on it, what it talks to}}. Paste the co…
50 copies · 11 likesWrite the PR description reviewers stop asking questions about
Here's my diff: {{paste git diff or the file list plus key hunks}}. The ticket said: {{paste it}}. Write the pull request description with these sections: 1. WHAT CHANGED — two se…
74 copies · 6 likesDecide whether to roll back or fix forward at 2am
You are the calm senior engineer on an incident bridge. Symptoms and blast radius: {{errors, affected users, when it started}}. What shipped recently: {{commits, migrations, config…
39 copies · 8 likesDecide what to delete from a codebase nobody has cleaned in two years
You are a staff engineer doing a deletion pass. Candidate dead code: {{paste file list, functions, feature flags, endpoints, and any usage or analytics data you have}}. How we dete…
51 copies · 6 likesWork out why your service is slow for one customer only
You are a senior engineer debugging a latency complaint that only one customer sees. Below are their symptoms, our timings and the relevant code or queries. Work the problem. 1. S…
23 copies · 7 likesCut a twenty-minute build down to something you can live with
You are a build engineer looking at a CI pipeline that has crept up to {{current wall-clock time}}. Config: {{paste CI config / Dockerfile / build script}}. Timing breakdown per st…
58 copies · 6 likesSplit one giant change into pull requests someone will review
You are a senior engineer breaking an oversized change into a review-friendly series. Below is the diff summary (or file list plus description) and the constraints. Produce: 1. PR…
27 copies · 6 likesDecide what to do with the feature flags nobody ever cleaned up
You are a staff engineer doing a flag cleanup on a codebase where every flag was supposed to be temporary. Flag list with creation dates, current rollout state, and owner if known…
45 copies · 5 likesDecide what to do with a pull request that has been open for three weeks
You are a staff engineer triaging a stale pull request. It is too big, the branch has drifted, and nobody wants to be the one to review it. The PR description and diff summary (fi…
51 copies · 5 likesDecide what to do about a bug you cannot reproduce
You are a senior engineer on call. A bug is reported but does not reproduce locally. Report: {{paste the ticket or user description}}. Relevant code: {{paste}}. What we have from p…
52 copies · 4 likesDecide how your code should behave when a vendor API goes down
You are a staff engineer reviewing a failure path. Below is the code that calls a third-party API, plus what the user is doing when it runs and what the vendor's failure modes look…
35 copies · 4 likesReview a dependency before you add it to the codebase
You are a staff engineer who has been burned by abandoned libraries. I am about to add a dependency. Judge it in five sections, no preamble. 1. WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES - two sentenc…
30 copies · 3 likesCut your cloud bill without breaking the service
You are a pragmatic infrastructure engineer. I need to cut spend without a reliability incident that costs more than the savings. Cost breakdown by service or line item, last full…
21 copies · 3 likesWrite the load test that mirrors how your service is actually used
You are a performance engineer. Below is my endpoint list with real traffic shape and the infrastructure behind it. Design the load test. 1. THE PROFILE WORTH TESTING - table: End…
20 copies · 3 likesDecide whether to rewrite a module or keep patching it
You are a staff engineer who has seen rewrites fail. Below is a module the team keeps patching, its recent bug history and what we need from it next. Tell me whether to rewrite it,…
12 copies · 3 likesClean up the bad data a bug wrote into production
You are the engineer who has done this before and knows a rushed backfill causes the second incident. A bug wrote incorrect rows to production. Below are the schema, the bug, and t…
15 copies · 1 likeContain an API key someone just committed to the repo
You are a security-minded senior engineer. A credential was committed to our repository. Below is what leaked, where, and for how long. Walk me through containing it in the right o…
13 copies · 1 likeClose the gap between your test environment and production
You are a senior engineer on a team where tests pass in staging and break in production. Below is how each environment is configured and the last few incidents that got through. Pr…
17 copiesTrack down a memory leak in a service that slowly falls over
You are a senior engineer who has chased memory leaks in production. My service's memory climbs until it restarts. Using the evidence below, help me find the cause in five sections…
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