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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: Use Noun Phrases for Class Names
impact: MEDIUM-HIGH
impactDescription: eliminates 80%+ of "what does this class do" questions
tags: name, class, noun, identity
---
## Use Noun Phrases for Class Names
Class names should be nouns or noun phrases. A class represents a thing or concept. Avoid verbs, manager-style names, and vague words.
**Incorrect (verbs, vague, or manager-style):**
```java
// Verb as class name
class ProcessPayment {}
// Vague manager names
class Manager {}
class Processor {}
class Data {}
class Info {}
// Unnecessary suffixes
class CustomerManager {}
class AccountProcessor {}
class PaymentHandler {}
```
**Correct (specific noun phrases):**
```java
// Clear nouns representing entities
class Payment {}
class PaymentGateway {}
// Specific, descriptive nouns
class Customer {}
class WikiPage {}
class Account {}
class AddressParser {}
// Role-specific names when needed
class PaymentValidator {} // Validates payments
class AccountRepository {} // Stores accounts
```
**When NOT to use this pattern:**
Manager-style names are acceptable when the class genuinely manages a resource lifecycle:
- `ConnectionPool` - manages connection lifecycle
- `ThreadPoolExecutor` - manages thread lifecycle
Reference: [Clean Code, Chapter 2: Meaningful Names](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/clean-code-a/9780136083238/)