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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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Use Pronounceable Names HIGH enables verbal communication about code name, pronounceable, communication, readability

Use Pronounceable Names

Use pronounceable names. If you cannot pronounce a name, you cannot discuss it without sounding foolish. Programming is a social activity; names should facilitate discussion.

Incorrect (unpronounceable abbreviations):

class DtaRcrd102 {
    private Date genymdhms;  // generation year, month, day, hour, minute, second
    private Date modymdhms;
    private final String pszqint = "102";
}

// In conversation: "Hey, look at this dee-tee-ay-arr-cee-arr-dee"

Correct (pronounceable names):

class Customer {
    private Date generationTimestamp;
    private Date modificationTimestamp;
    private final String recordId = "102";
}

// In conversation: "Hey, look at this Customer record"

The pronounceable version enables natural conversation: "Hey, when did we modify this customer's generation timestamp?"

Reference: Clean Code, Chapter 2: Meaningful Names