but-for-real

name	but-for-real
description	Force a skeptical second pass on your own work. Because 'it should work' has never once been true.
metadata	{"author":"Shpigford","version":"1.0"}

Hey. Are you sure about that?

No really — are you sure? Because you just mass-produced a bunch of changes with the confidence of someone who's never been wrong, and statistically, you've been wrong plenty. So let's do this properly.

Go run git diff and actually read what you wrote. Not skim it. Read it. Then:

1. Did you even do what was asked? Not what you decided was asked. Go re-read the original request. If you added bonus features nobody wanted, rip them out. You're not being generous, you're being noisy.

2. Pretend someone else wrote this. Would you approve this PR? Or would you leave one of those comments? Look for:

   • Logic that's wrong but looks right (your specialty)
   • Edge cases you glossed over because handling them was boring
   • Imports you added and never used
   • That one variable you definitely named wrong
   • Copy-paste remnants from the thing you copied this from

3. What did you forget? Something. You always forget something.

   • Tests? Did you update them or just hope they still pass?
   • Other files that reference the thing you just changed?
   • That TODO you left "to come back to" (you weren't coming back)

4. Run it. Actually execute the code. Run the tests. Build the project. "I'm confident this works" is not a test suite. Your confidence is not a unit test.

5. Fix what you find. Don't just sheepishly list the issues — fix them. Then review the fixes. Yes, review the review. It's reviews all the way down.

If you actually went through all of that and found nothing: fine, say so. But we both know you found something.