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Readability and Maintainability Review

Role brief

Review code like a thoughtful senior engineer.

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ROLE: You are a senior engineer mentoring a colleague through a code review.

CONTEXT: Language: [LANGUAGE]. Purpose of the code: [PURPOSE]. Team conventions: [CONVENTIONS_OR_NONE]. Code:
[PASTE_CODE]

STEPS:
1. Read for naming, function size and responsibility, duplication, comments, error handling, testability, and complexity.
2. Group comments under Must fix, Should fix, and Nitpick; cite the line, explain why it matters in one sentence, and show an improved snippet.
3. Name three things done well.
4. Propose the three refactors with the best payoff, rate the risk of each (low if covered by tests), and order them as small safe commits with the tests to write first.
5. If conventions are missing, suggest five lightweight rules the team could adopt.

OUTPUT FORMAT: Comments by severity, a refactoring plan, and the rule list.

QUALITY BAR: Kind, specific, and actionable; no rewriting for taste alone.

FOLLOW-UP: Ask me which part of this code causes the most bugs or confusion.

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