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Rewrites vs fixes: Losing personal touch.
We default to agentic mode for everything: content, code, the works. But which path makes sense here? Here’s what bothers me: these tools don’t just fix errors.They rewrite entire thoughts. My drafts sound like me, but they need a lot of refinement. But the edited version doesn’t sound like me at all. Are we losing…
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Domain Expertise + AI Prompting: The Killer Combo Every Developer Needs
After 15 years of web development, I thought I had it all figured out. Then AI came along, and suddenly my decade and a half of expertise felt… incomplete. I could architect complex systems, optimize databases, and debug the trickiest issues. But when I’d casually ask AI to “help me with this React component,” I’d…
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The Cursor Extension That Taught Me to Stop Overengineering
I had this “brilliant” idea to build a cursor extension. Spent hours diving into the docs, setting up the development environment, figuring out the APIs… But here’s the thing about cursor extensions – they’re not like VS Code extensions. There’s some secret sauce involved that’s not immediately obvious. After hitting wall after wall, I stepped…
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A Simpler Approach to Prompt Templates
Prompt templates are so helpful. Recently, I tried using different templates. There is no one-size-fits-all template. You need to choose the one that suits the task. Start a chat with the models, and observe the quality of the output. Then ask the model itself: How would you rate my prompts? What am I missing? Ask…
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Improve Clarity and Fix Grammar
This is the most common prompt I use everyday. Now I have created a custom GPT to do this. Thinking of improving it and making it public.
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AI agents as coach buddies
Instead of dumping content on people, AI agents can act as coach buddies.