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: Avoid Hybrid Data-Object Structures
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impact: MEDIUM-HIGH
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impactDescription: prevents worst-of-both-worlds maintenance burden
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tags: obj, hybrid, structure, design
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---
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## Avoid Hybrid Data-Object Structures
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Hybrids are half object, half data structure. They have functions that do significant things, AND they have public variables or accessors that expose internal structure. Avoid creating these monstrosities.
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**Incorrect (hybrid structure):**
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```java
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// Half object, half data structure
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public class Employee {
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// Public data like a data structure
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public String name;
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public double salary;
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public List<String> skills;
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// Behavior like an object
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public void promote() {
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this.salary *= 1.1;
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notifyHR();
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}
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public void addSkill(String skill) {
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this.skills.add(skill);
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updateTrainingRecord();
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}
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}
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// Client code can bypass behavior
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employee.salary = employee.salary * 1.5; // Skips notifyHR()
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employee.skills.clear(); // Skips updateTrainingRecord()
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```
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**Correct (choose one approach):**
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```java
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// Pure object - hide data, expose behavior
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public class Employee {
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private String name;
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private Money salary;
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private SkillSet skills;
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public void promote(PromotionDetails details) {
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this.salary = salary.increase(details.getRaisePercentage());
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notifyHR(details);
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}
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public void addSkill(Skill skill) {
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this.skills.add(skill);
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updateTrainingRecord(skill);
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}
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public EmployeeReport getReport() {
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return new EmployeeReport(name, salary.getAmount(), skills.list());
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}
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}
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// OR pure data structure - no behavior, expose data
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public record EmployeeData(String name, double salary, List<String> skills) {}
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```
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Hybrids make it hard to add new functions AND hard to add new data structures.
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Reference: [Clean Code, Chapter 6: Objects and Data Structures](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/clean-code-a/9780136083238/)
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