Choose existing utilities, simpler patterns, and cleaner implementations over manual or complex approaches. This improves code maintainability and reduces potential bugs. Key practices: - Use built-in utilities instead of manual parsing (e.g., `ctx.getCookie()` instead of manually parsing cookie strings) - Prefer functions over classes when simple state management suffices - Remove debug statements like `console.log()` from production code - Simplify control flow by avoiding unnecessary `else if` chains when independent conditions can be used - Extract and reuse functions instead of duplicating logic Example of preferred approach: ```typescript // Instead of manual parsing: const cookies = cookieString.split(";").map(cookie => cookie.trim()); // Use existing utility: const cookieValue = ctx.getCookie(cookieName); // Instead of else-if chains: if (authentication === "basic") { requestHeaders["authorization"] = `Basic ${encodedCredentials}`; } if (authentication !== "basic" && options.clientSecret) { body.set("client_secret", options.clientSecret); } ``` This approach reduces complexity, leverages tested utilities, and makes code more readable and maintainable.