elegant

Prompt file imported from Josie29/dotfiles (.claude/commands/elegant.md). Fill in {{arguments}} before use. Copyright stays with the author.

The current implementation works but isn't clean. Knowing everything you now know about this problem and codebase, scrap it and implement the elegant solution: {{arguments}}

Before touching any files:

1. Briefly explain what makes the current approach messy (name the specific code smells or structural problems)
2. Describe the elegant alternative — what's the core insight that makes it cleaner?
3. Call out anything that looked simple but is actually subtle, so we don't lose it in the rewrite

Wait for my go-ahead before making any changes.

When you implement:

• Solve only this problem — no extra abstractions, no speculative improvements
• Match existing patterns in the codebase
• The result should be shorter and clearer than what it replaces — if it isn't, explain why