Personal core

Transferable invariants confirmed by edit requests in ≥2 projects (21st-private-1, eval-hub-app). Read together with the project taste.md; on conflict the project wins, except antipatterns — those are never overridden.

Taste axis: classical (order, density, restraint) — 14/15 core rules on the classical axis.

Antipatterns (permanent)

• Hide actions/buttons when the action is impossible in the current context
• Remove decorative or unnecessary icons
• Don't show empty, null or placeholder content — hide the element when there is no data (confidence: medium)
• Remove redundant labels/headers when meaning is obvious from context (confidence: medium)

Craft norms (violation = bug)

• Match the rest of the app's established style and design system for any component
• Keep elements properly aligned; crooked/misaligned layout reads as a bug
• Prevent layout shifts; skeleton loaders must match the final rendered state
• Match the design mock exactly (confidence: medium)
• Keep text and element sizing consistent across the interface (confidence: medium)
• Group and structure content for fast readability instead of a wall of text (confidence: low)

Personal preferences

• Default to a meaningful view/content rather than an empty or 'all' state (confidence: medium)
• Use muted text for body content and highlight only meaningful elements like links (confidence: medium)
• Place confirm buttons and limit values inside the input field on the right (confidence: medium)

Meta-preferences

• Reuse existing components and patterns instead of creating new ones
• Animate state changes and transitions with smooth morphing, consistent with the rest of the app