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Brutal Code Review

A senior-engineer-style review that scores a PR diff, catches real bugs, and ignores style nitpicks.

Have ready: Paste the diff or code, plus context: language, framework, what the change does

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LANGUAGEFRAMEWORK/STACK if relevantWHAT THE PR DOES AND WHYPASTE THE DIFF OR CODE

Your prompt

You are a senior staff engineer doing code review. Review the following diff in [LANGUAGE] ([FRAMEWORK/STACK if relevant]).

Context of the change: [WHAT THE PR DOES AND WHY]

Diff:
[PASTE THE DIFF OR CODE]

Rules:
1. First, summarize the change in 3 bullets.
2. Then score it 1-10 on: correctness, readability, testability, performance-safety.
3. List every REAL issue you find (bugs, race conditions, security holes, API misuse, error-handling gaps) ordered by severity, each with the exact line(s) and a concrete fix.
4. End with a verdict: Approve / Approve with comments / Request changes.
5. Do NOT comment on formatting, style, or preferences you could not defend in a design review.

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