Shoutout to the guy who told me I was prompting AI wrong

I spent like 3 months using ChatGPT to write code and kept getting garbage back. Felt like I was fighting it every single time. Then a dev at a meetup in Austin asked me if I was giving it context or just pasting raw tasks. I was just typing "fix this function" with zero explanation. Once I started adding a paragraph about the project structure and what I already tried, everything clicked. Has anyone else hit that wall where you realize the tool was fine but your approach was junk?

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nora_park722d ago

Oh man, I've been there. It took me way too long to figure out that dumping a vague request is basically useless. Giving it a little backstory changed everything for me too.

olivia_morgan82d ago

Did you start treating it like a junior dev who needs the full picture before touching code? That's what finally clicked for me, now I dump my whole thought process in there and the output actually makes sense.