When a constraint is treated as fixed, separate physics from convention, keep only independently supported primitives, and rebuild the simplest solution that satisfies real constraints.
How to install thinking-first-principles?
tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills/thinking-first-principles
$npx -y skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-first-principlesInstalls into the current project.
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Run `npx skills use "https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills" --skill "tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills/thinking-first-principles"` and follow the generated skill instructions now. Read its complete output, redirecting it to a temporary file first if necessary. Resolve relative paths from the supporting-files directory it provides.
Use the skills in "https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills" that are relevant to the current task. Run `npx skills add "https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills"` and select the relevant skills, then follow their instructions.
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