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"When writing something intended for human consumption, (comment, commit message, reply to prompt) use as few words as possible. Pick every word meticulously to
by imjonse 24d ago
"When writing something intended for human consumption, (comment, commit message, reply to prompt) use as few words as possible. Pick every word meticulously to reduce the volume to a strict minimum. Be down to the point. Less is more."
The irony in this first paragraph using many words and many ways to convey the same message about succintness. But this file is not for human consumtion so different rules should (still?) apply.
I find myself doing this in prompts, I guess it is a way of adding more weight to parts of the context we consider need emphasis, and shows a lack of trust in the llm's abilities to get the message if it is mentioned once.