`ponytail` hit ~58K stars in two weeks by making agents write less code.

DietrichGebert/ponytail, a Claude Code/Cursor skill that makes agents "think like the laziest senior dev in the room," rocketed to ~58,500 stars since launching June 12. It's a YAGNI-driven plugin that biases agents toward deleting and not-writing code, aimed squarely at the over-generation problem. The fact that the fastest-growing coding skill of the month is one that makes the agent do less tells you exactly what builders are fighting.