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September 20261 essay

05Sep 2026

Treat your prompt library as a codebase, not a folder of text files

Prompts degrade silently when treated as static copy. Version control them, test them against golden inputs, and treat prompt edits like code refactoring.

#ai tooling#prompts#version control

August 20261 essay

04Aug 2026

AI Tooling5 min read

Ask the coding assistant what it needs before it codes

A coding assistant asked to implement a feature will often choose an approach before the product question is settled. Use it first to map unknowns, constraints and the cheapest useful test.

#ai tooling#prototyping#product development

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