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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: Respect Indentation Rules
impact: MEDIUM
impactDescription: preserves visual hierarchy for quick scanning
tags: fmt, indentation, hierarchy, structure
---
## Respect Indentation Rules
Indentation makes the scope hierarchy visible. Each level of indentation represents a nested scope. Never collapse short statements onto one line to save space.
**Incorrect (collapsed structure):**
```java
public class CommentWidget extends TextWidget {
public CommentWidget(ParentWidget parent, String text) { super(parent, text); }
public String render() throws Exception { return ""; }
}
public void process() { for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { if (valid(i)) { execute(i); } } }
if (condition) return false; else return true;
```
**Correct (proper indentation):**
```java
public class CommentWidget extends TextWidget {
public CommentWidget(ParentWidget parent, String text) {
super(parent, text);
}
public String render() throws Exception {
return "";
}
}
public void process() {
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (valid(i)) {
execute(i);
}
}
}
if (condition) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
```
**Why maintain indentation?**
- Visual scanning relies on indentation
- Structure is immediately apparent
- Debugging is easier when scope is visible
- Merges are cleaner with consistent formatting
Reference: [Clean Code, Chapter 5: Formatting](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/clean-code-a/9780136083238/)