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Re:Writing a Good Claude.md by llbeansandrice on Monday December 01, 2025 @02:53PM (#46112252)
I think it's relevant when people keep using terms like "prompt engineering" to try and beef up this charade of md files that don't even seem to work consistently.

This is a far far cry from even writing yaml for Github/Gitlab CICD pipelines. Folks keep trying to say "engineering" when every AI thread like this seems to push me more towards "snake oil" as an appropriate term.

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Re:Writing a Good Claude.md by stingraycharles on Monday December 01, 2025 @08:28PM (#46116167)
Prompt engineering is a real thing though, but it’s not related to markdown files etc.

If you’re not benchmarking and systematically measuring the impact of your changes, it’s not prompt engineering, it’s just improving stuff.

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