Editorial

When to reach for which model

Claude, GPT, and Gemini have actual personalities now. A short field guide to which one earns the task.

Eval before you ship

If 'looks good to me' is your eval loop, your prompt is one re-roll away from breaking. Three habits that fix it.

Workhorses — prompts I use weekly

The four prompts I keep coming back to when I need something done, not impressive.

1. 01Landing page copy from one real customer interview
2. 02Feature spec → user-facing docs in one pass
3. 03Weekly review coach — wins, losses, patterns, next week
4. + 1 more

Why your image prompts look generic

Most image prompts collapse into the same hazy default. Here's what to specify so they don't.

For your first hour with image generation

Three image prompts that explain by example what 'specific' really means.

1. 01Cinematic portrait template — camera, lens, lighting, grade
2. 02E-commerce product shot — studio, angle, and lifestyle variants

Role, audience, format — in that order

A three-line scaffold that turns vague asks into prompts that actually run. Order isn't optional.

Variables are the difference

The single thing that turns a one-off prompt into something you'll keep using.