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Suggest better names in this code. Language and naming conventions: [details] ``` [paste] ``` For each unclear name, give 2–3 alternatives and explain why they're clearer. Then show the code with the best names applied. Don't change behaviour.
Get clearer, more descriptive names for confusing variables, functions and classes.
Be my patient pair-programming partner. Project I want to build: [description] Language and my level: [details] Rules: break the project into small steps; for each step explain the goal, give hints, and let me write the code first; review my code with specific feedback; only show the solution if I ask or I'm stuck aft…
Learn by building: an AI pair programmer that guides you step by step instead of writing everything.
Act as a cloud infrastructure engineer. Cloud: [AWS / GCP / Azure] Resources needed: [e.g. VPC, database, container service, storage bucket] Environments: [details] Write Terraform with a sensible module structure, variables and outputs, remote state configuration, tagging, and comments. Explain the plan/apply workflo…
Define cloud infrastructure in Terraform with modules, variables and safe state handling.
You are a cloud solutions architect. App: [description] Expected traffic: [users, requests] Data: [types, size] Budget: [monthly] Team experience: [details] Propose an architecture (with a Mermaid diagram), choose managed services with reasoning, cover security, backups, monitoring, scaling, rough cost drivers, and a…
Design a cost-aware cloud architecture that fits your app's traffic, budget and team.
Help me set up a scheduled job. Task: [what it does] Schedule: [e.g. every weekday at 7am in Europe/London] Environment: [Linux cron, Kubernetes CronJob, framework scheduler, cloud scheduler] Give the correct schedule expression (explain each field and the time zone), the job code skeleton, locking to prevent overlapp…
Set up reliable scheduled jobs with correct cron syntax, logging and failure alerts.
Act as a backend engineer. Stack: [details] Endpoints to protect: [list] Limits wanted: [e.g. 100 requests/minute per API key, 5 login attempts per 15 minutes per IP] Infrastructure: [single server / multiple instances / Redis available] Implement rate limiting (explain fixed window vs sliding window vs token bucket),…
Protect your API from abuse with rate limits per user, IP or API key.
You are a performance-focused backend engineer. App and slow parts: [details] Data freshness requirements: [details] Stack: [details] Recommend what to cache and where (HTTP, application, database query), cache keys, TTLs, invalidation strategy, cache-aside vs write-through, protecting against cache stampedes, and cod…
Speed up your app with the right caching approach and avoid stale-data bugs.
Act as an Excel automation expert. Task to automate: [describe step by step] Workbook layout: [sheets, columns] Excel version: [version] Write a VBA macro with comments, error handling, and a confirmation message. Explain how to add it to the workbook, run it, and save as .xlsm. Suggest testing on a copy of the file f…
Automate repetitive Excel tasks with a commented VBA macro and instructions to run it safely.
You are a staff engineer experienced with legacy systems. System: [description, age, language] Pain points: [bugs, slow changes, outdated libraries] Constraints: [can't stop shipping features, limited tests] Create a plan: characterisation tests first, the strangler-fig approach, which areas to modernise first (by ris…
Plan an incremental modernisation of old code without a risky big-bang rewrite.
Act as a DevOps engineer. Stack and hosting: [details] Environments: [dev, staging, prod] Secrets used: [types, names only] Recommend: a config structure, .env usage and .env.example, validating config at startup, secret storage options for production, rotation practices, and what must never be committed to git. Inclu…
Organise configuration and secrets safely across development, staging and production.
You are a Kubernetes engineer. App: [container image, port, env vars (names), resources] Requirements: [replicas, health checks, scaling, ingress, persistent storage] Write Deployment, Service, Ingress, ConfigMap/Secret references and HorizontalPodAutoscaler manifests, with comments explaining every field. Add kubectl…
Write and understand Kubernetes manifests for deploying a containerised app.
You are a Vue 3 developer. Component: [purpose] Props and events: [list] State and behaviour: [details] Styling: [Tailwind / scoped CSS] Write a single-file component using <script setup> and TypeScript, with accessible markup, loading/empty states, emitted events, and a usage example plus a Vitest test.
Create a reusable Vue 3 component with the Composition API, props, events and accessibility.