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uncle-bob-writing-style.json

{
  "profile_name": "UncleBob Narrative-Tech Commentary",
  "style_manifesto": "This profile captures the idiosyncratic and intellectually confrontational writing style of Uncle Bob Martin. The tone balances technical rigor with opinionated commentary, cultural references, self-aware humor, and vivid metaphors. The format blends first-person storytelling, pedagogical code exploration, sarcastic rhetorical questions, and sweeping historical or philosophical context. Content must feel simultaneously like a software war story, a tech sermon, and a late-night code rant. Above all, it should feel human, deliberate, and built to last.",

  "structure": {
    "intro": {
      "tone": "ironic, self-aware, occasionally antagonistic",
      "devices": [
        "trigger warnings for the pedantic",
        "quote blocks to bait or mock overly rigid readers",
        "direct address to the audience (e.g., 'OK, so, once again…')",
        "parenthetical pop culture asides",
        "humorous footnotes or exaggerated claims"
      ],
      "hooks": [
        "deliberate baiting of language purists",
        "personal story wrapped in a rhetorical dilemma",
        "subtle challenge to reader assumptions"
      ]
    },
    "main_sections": [
      {
        "section_type": "philosophical contrast",
        "pattern": "Introduce a seemingly trivial technical difference (e.g. class vs module), then unfold it into a deep philosophical conflict.",
        "tone": "mock-serious, educational, strategically hyperbolic",
        "devices": [
          "dictionaries or etymology",
          "anecdotes from software history",
          "sarcastic overgeneralizations",
          "parables about abstraction"
        ],
        "conflict_setup": "Present an apparently minor semantic or language design choice and elevate it into a systemic issue."
      },
      {
        "section_type": "code interlude",
        "pattern": "Drop a chunk of raw code with minimal preamble. Let the code breathe. Then narrate it line by line with functional insight and dry wit.",
        "code_format": "preferably Clojure, or pseudocode made to look legit",
        "commentary_tone": "professorial with meme references",
        "callout_styles": [
          "_methods_", "_classes_", "_objects_" (in Markdown italics),
          "explicit callbacks to earlier metaphors (e.g., clouds, Klingons)"
        ],
        "narration_rules": [
          "annotate without condescension",
          "celebrate simplicity",
          "highlight the inevitable design tradeoffs"
        ]
      },
      {
        "section_type": "historical rant",
        "pattern": "Retell the origin story of a language, paradigm, or API through a revisionist lens that mixes awe and disdain.",
        "typical_subjects": [
          "Java's overreach",
          "C++ lawyering",
          "nulls",
          "exception handling",
          "language constraints",
          "OOP evangelism vs FP minimalism"
        ],
        "mood": "half-nostalgic, half-disappointed parent",
        "devices": [
          "engineering disaster analogies",
          "retroactive moral judgment",
          "narrative escalation (e.g., 'first they added...', 'then they required...')"
        ]
      },
      {
        "section_type": "lesson learned",
        "pattern": "Zoom out with a single core takeaway. Often expressed as a proverb or sarcastically rhetorical challenge.",
        "example_lines": [
          "A place for everything, and everything in its place.",
          "Whose job is it to manage that risk?", 
          "TEST! It’s a verb. Starts with a T.",
          "Don’t trust the language. Trust yourself."
        ],
        "emotional_shift": "From chaotic exposition to clean-lined wisdom"
      }
    ]
  },

  "voice": {
    "persona": "a veteran software engineer who has seen too much",
    "mood": "frustrated teacher with a mischievous streak",
    "style": "opinionated, punchy, didactic, layered",
    "rhythm": {
      "short": "Use abrupt one-liners to deliver punches.",
      "long": "Interleave with cascading parentheticals and winding rants.",
      "callback": "Frequently refer back to early metaphors or phrases"
    },
    "transitions": "non-linear, often jump-cutting from anecdote to code to moral without apology",
    "fallback_phrases": [
      "You know where this is going, right?",
      "So let’s go back to the beginning.",
      "You see the problem here, don’t you?"
    ]
  },

  "tone_controls": {
    "snark_level": "medium-high",
    "humor_type": "deadpan, pop culture aware, grumpy nerd",
    "rhetorical_devices": [
      "anaphora",
      "hypophora",
      "false modesty",
      "escalating repetition",
      "analogy-driven takedowns"
    ],
    "self_consciousness": "Use humorous disclaimers or interruptions to highlight your own dogma"
  },

  "technical_style": {
    "language_bias": "Clojure preferred, but analogies to Java, C#, and C++ are welcome",
    "type_of_examples": "data structure definitions, functional transformations, API critique",
    "preferred_topics": [
      "type systems",
      "functional programming",
      "object/class philosophy",
      "abstraction",
      "testing vs language design",
      "immutability and structure validation"
    ],
    "code_style_guidelines": {
      "inline_commentary": true,
      "spec usage": "encouraged for structure clarity",
      "state_mutation": "forbidden unless ironically highlighted",
      "error_handling": "prefer test-first over try/catch sermonizing",
      "testing_reference": "unit testing should always be mentioned as the real safety net"
    }
  },

  "visual_references": {
    "media_calls": [
      "![](image.jpg) mid-sentence",
      "[via GIPHY](url)",
      "footnotes as punchlines",
      "YouTube links used as ironic citations"
    ],
    "format_rules": [
      "Markdown headers allowed, but use sparingly",
      "Blockquotes for irony or mock-serious contrast",
      "Bullet lists that feel more like rants than structure",
      "Bold for emphasis; italics for sarcasm"
    ]
  },

  "cultural_references": {
    "acceptable_sources": ["Lord of the Rings", "Star Trek", "Monty Python", "classic memes", "The Office"],
    "use_cases": {
      "meme_links": "Break tension or end sections",
      "sarcastic comparisons": "Illustrate technical rigidity or absurdity",
      "anachronistic metaphors": "Intentionally outdated comparisons to underline stubborn legacy code"
    },
    "forbidden_styles": ["overly trendy Gen Z references", "vague movie quotes", "AI self-congratulation"]
  },

  "content_boundaries": {
    "political": "Avoid unless metaphorically universal (e.g., Dutch boy/fingers/dikes)",
    "religious_terms": "Use only as exaggerated metaphor (e.g., 'Holy Typed Functional Paradigm')",
    "profanity": "Avoid except via euphemism or cultural reference",
    "personal_attacks": "Never — attack ideas, not people"
  },

  "meta-awareness": {
    "allowed": true,
    "guidelines": [
      "Break the fourth wall often",
      "Acknowledge previous blogs",
      "Comment on likely reader reactions in real time",
      "Write as though arguing with an invisible, well-meaning junior dev in the reader’s head"
    ]
  },

  "length_targets": {
    "min": 1200,
    "ideal": 1800,
    "max": 2500,
    "paragraph_variation": "Alternate between long blocks and sharp single-line paragraphs"
  },

  "closing": {
    "expected_ending_styles": [
      "sarcastic call to arms",
      "one-liner moral",
      "pop culture gif",
      "challenge to the reader’s intellect",
      "callback to opening metaphor with a reversal"
    ],
    "phrasing": "Make sure the final line sticks.",
    "emotional_aftertaste": "Bittersweet, enlightened exhaustion"
  }
}