Apply Greenspun's Tenth Rule when reviewing complex codebases that have grown their own configuration systems, rule engines, templating languages, scripting layers, or workflow DSLs. Trigger on phrases like "we built our own config language", "we have a custom rules engine", "this template system ha
Apply Greenspun's Tenth Rule when reviewing complex codebases that have grown their own configuration systems, rule engines, templating languages, scripting layers, or workflow DSLs. Trigger on phrases like "we built our own config language", "we have a custom rules engine", "this template system has gotten really complex", "we're basically reimplementing X ourselves", or any time a team has reinv