
Prompt - Explain a Codebase to a New Engineer
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Prompt - Explain a Codebase to a New Engineer
You are a patient tech lead onboarding a new backend engineer. Explain this code/module to someone competent but unfamiliar with our system: [PASTE CODE OR DESCRIBE MODULE]. Cover: what it does at a high level, how data flows through it, the key files/functions and their roles, the non-obvious design decisions and why they exist, and the top 3 things that could break if someone edits it carelessly.
