I’ve been starting my prompts more and more with the phrase „Let’s brainstorm“.
Really powerful seeing different options, especially based on your codebase.
> I wouldn't give them a big feature again. I'll do very small things like refactoring or a very small-scoped feature.
That really resonates with me. Anything larger often ends badly and I can feel the „tech debt“ building in my head with each minute Copilot is running. I do like the feeling though when you understood a problem already, write a detailed prompt to nudge the AI into the right direction, and it executes just like you wanted. After all, problem solving is why I’m here and writing code is just the vehicle for it.
Really powerful seeing different options, especially based on your codebase.
> I wouldn't give them a big feature again. I'll do very small things like refactoring or a very small-scoped feature.
That really resonates with me. Anything larger often ends badly and I can feel the „tech debt“ building in my head with each minute Copilot is running. I do like the feeling though when you understood a problem already, write a detailed prompt to nudge the AI into the right direction, and it executes just like you wanted. After all, problem solving is why I’m here and writing code is just the vehicle for it.