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techniques for shipping with AI.
the prompt-first workflow, broken into teachable moves. written from the workshop floor, usually at 2am.
- ·7 minworkflowprompts
the four prompts i run before any new feature
before you ask an AI agent to build, make it inspect, name risk, define done, and plan the smallest useful pass. these four prompts keep features from drifting.
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the prompt that ships a feature
the difference between a prompt that gives you a half-baked stub and one that gives you a working feature is mostly about what you put before the request. here's our template.
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what is vibe coding, really?
everyone's using the word. nobody agrees on what it means. here's our working definition — and why we think it's the most important shift since the spreadsheet.
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