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I have some success by telling it to not speak to me unless it's in code comments. If it must explain anything, do it it in a code comment.
by acoyfellow 3y ago
I have some success by telling it to not speak to me unless it's in code comments. If it must explain anything, do it it in a code comment.
- __loam 3y agoI love when people express frustration with this shitty stochastic system and others respond with things like "no no, you need to whisper the prompt into its ear and do so lovingly or it won't give you the output it wants"
- isaacisaac 3y agoPeople skills are transferrable to prompt engineering
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- __loam 3y agoI've heard stories about people putting this garbage in their systems with prompts that say "pretty please format your answer like valid json".
- danShumway 3y agoFor example, my coworkers have also been instructed to never talk to me except via code comments. Come to think of that, HR keeps trying to contact me about something I assume is related, but if they want me to read whatever they're trying to say, it should be in a comment on a pull request.
- acoyfellow 3y agoYou expect perfection? I just work through the challenges to be productive. I apologize if this frustrated you.
- pjot 3y agoI’ve been telling it I don’t have any fingers and so can’t type. It’s been pretty empathetic and finishes functions