I mean no offense to Addy here, but…

I mean no offense to Addy here, but isn't most of this advice banal and obvious? How much of "prompt engineering" is just basement-dwelling incels being told they finally need to learn how to communicate effectively? addyo.substack.com/p/the-prompt-engineering-playbook-for

The Prompt Engineering Playbook for Programmers

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