Re:Getting Good Results from Claude Code
by jamesponddotco on Friday August 08, 2025 @04:19PM
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I do one question at a time so I don't feel overwhelmed and can answer questions with more details.
I start with an idea between <idea> tags, write as much as I possibly can between these tags, and then go one question at a time answering the questions with as much details as I possibly can.
Sometimes I'll feed the idea to yet another prompt, Computer Science PhD[1], and use the response as the basis for my conversation with the socratic coder, as the new basis might fill in gaps that I forgot to include initially.
[1]: https://github.com/jamesponddotco/llm-prompts/blob/trunk/dat...
[2]: Something like "Based on my idea, can you provide your thoughts on how the service should be build, please? Technologies to use, database schema, user roles, permissions, architectural ideas, and so on."
> I use the Socratic Coder[1] system prompt to have a back and forth conversation about the idea. (prompt starts with: 1. Ask only one question at a time)
Why only 1? IMHO it's better to write a long prompt explaining yourself as much as possible (exercises your brain and you figure out things), and request as many questions to clarify as possible, review, and suggestions, all at once. This is better because:
I guess if you use a fast response conversational system like ChatGPT app it would make more sense. But I don't think that way you can have deep conversations unless you have a stellar working memory. I don't, so it's better for me to write and read, and re-write, and re-read...