Paladin Review

Use when the author is about to ship, merge, push, publish, send, or delete something and wants a reviewer on their side — one who checks whether they are about to hurt themselves (delete the wrong thing, leak a secret, expose something irreversibly), whether they are underselling a real win, and how the work will land with whoever decides their outcome. Also use when asked to "watch my back", "am I about to shoot myself in the foot", "am I underselling this", "protect me from myself", "defuse this before I blow up", or to run a "paladin" review. Runs INDEPENDENTLY of its sibling nemesis-review — reach for the paladin when the risk is to YOUR outcome (a footgun, an under-…