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Three independently ugly bugs that all fed the same log flood:

* Electron's `WebFrameMain.send` writes every "Render frame was disposed"
  to stderr via `console.error`. When the worker fans a second
  agent-event past a reloading renderer, we produced thousands of
  identical lines and stalled the main loop on stderr I/O. Added a
  `mainFrame.detached` guard so the send is short-circuited before
  Electron's own catch block fires, and installed a targeted filter in
  `suppress-warnings.ts` (now actually imported from the entry point)
  so the specific `console.error("Error sending from webFrameMain:"…)`
  noise never reaches the terminal. Any other payload still surfaces.

* `dispatchAgentMessage` accepted the human-reader sentinel as a wake
  target when an agent replied to `__board__` — `wakeAgentIfPossible`
  then called `db.getAgent("__board__")`, threw, and the dispatcher
  kept repeating on every send. Strip `HUMAN_SENDER_ID` at
  `resolveMessageWakeTargets`, and keep a defense-in-depth guard in the
  heartbeat so a stray caller (future automation fan-out) cannot
  reintroduce the crash.

* Pi's skills loader rejects any SKILL.md whose frontmatter `name`
  diverges from its parent directory. The four bundled `my-writing-style`
  copies declared `name: writing-style-skill`, so every install emitted
  a warning and dropped the skill. They also lived as orphan gitlinks
  (mode 160000 without .gitmodules), and the global `*.md` gitignore
  hid every other SKILL.md from version control. Fixed the frontmatter
  to match the dir, converted the dangling submodules to plain trees,
  and allowlisted `builtin-skills/**/*.md` so a fresh clone carries the
  catalogue instead of silently losing it.
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---
title: Keep Classes Small
impact: MEDIUM
impactDescription: enables comprehension and focused testing
tags: class, size, srp, cohesion
---
## Keep Classes Small
Classes should be small. With functions, we measure size by counting lines. With classes, we count responsibilities. A class should have only one reason to change.
**Incorrect (large class with multiple responsibilities):**
```java
public class SuperDashboard extends JFrame implements MetaDataUser {
public String getCustomizerLanguagePath() { /* ... */ }
public void setSystemConfigPath(String path) { /* ... */ }
public String getSystemConfigDocument() { /* ... */ }
public void setSystemConfigDocument(String doc) { /* ... */ }
public boolean getGuruState() { /* ... */ }
public boolean getNoviceState() { /* ... */ }
public boolean getOpenSourceState() { /* ... */ }
public void showObject(MetaObject object) { /* ... */ }
public void showProgress(String s) { /* ... */ }
public boolean isMetadataDirty() { /* ... */ }
public void setIsMetadataDirty(boolean dirty) { /* ... */ }
public Component getLastFocusedComponent() { /* ... */ }
// 70+ more methods...
}
```
**Correct (small focused classes):**
```java
public class Version {
public int getMajorVersionNumber() { /* ... */ }
public int getMinorVersionNumber() { /* ... */ }
public int getBuildNumber() { /* ... */ }
}
public class Dashboard extends JFrame {
private final Version version;
private final UserPreferences preferences;
private final ProgressIndicator progress;
public void show() { /* ... */ }
}
public class UserPreferences {
public Language getLanguage() { /* ... */ }
public boolean isNovice() { /* ... */ }
public boolean isGuru() { /* ... */ }
}
public class ProgressIndicator {
public void showProgress(String message) { /* ... */ }
public void hideProgress() { /* ... */ }
}
```
**Single Responsibility Principle (SRP):** A class should have one, and only one, reason to change.
Reference: [Clean Code, Chapter 10: Classes](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/clean-code-a/9780136083238/)