Write the Damn Code

Don’t get me wrong: this is not anti-AI advice. Use it, by all means. Use it a lot if you want to. But don’t fall into the trap of endless back-and-forth prompt refinement, trying to get the perfect result from AI by “programming in English”. It’s an imprecise, slow and terribly painful way to get things done.

Get your hands dirty. Write the code. It’s what you are good at.

You are a software engineer. Don’t become a prompt refiner.

I mean, “learn to decompose the problem” — sure. “Iterate on your prompts” — not so much. Write the actual code instead

Here’s some popular programming advice these days:

Learn to decompose problems into smaller chunks, be specific about what you want, pick the right AI model for the task, and iterate on your prompts.

Don’t do this.