engineering-standards

Engineering standards improve code quality by mapping SOLID, DRY, KISS, and YAGNI principles to concrete detection patterns, enabling you to identify single responsibility violations, open/closed extension points, and coupling reduction opportunities during code reviews.

The best way to identify technical debt is to assess modules against core engineering principles like SOLID and DRY, using structured detection patterns to pinpoint coupling issues and specify required refactoring paths for architectural improvement.

Refactor code to enforce the single responsibility principle by applying specific detection patterns that identify SRP violations, then following structured improvement paths that reduce coupling and scale from small modules to large codebases.

Yes, you can use these engineering standards for architectural planning on small modules, as the principles provide lightweight checks and structured improvement paths that scale effectively from small modules to large codebases.

You should reconsider strictly applying DRY and KISS principles when refactoring introduces premature abstraction or unnecessary complexity, violating the YAGNI principle by adding functionality not currently required by the system.