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Prompt Engineering Lessons From SixMonths of Daily Use

@ntlam

Prompt engineering sounded like a fad. It isn't — it's just precise thinking written down.

Context beats cleverness

The best prompts aren't clever, they're specific. Give the model constraints, examples, and a clear definition of done.

Vague prompts produce vague code.

The habit that improved every answer

Asking the model to explain its plan before writing anything catches bad assumptions before they become bad code.