alt Hacker NewsI always felt the derision around the term "prompt engineering" was partially due to people overestimating the importance of the initial prompt and underestimating the importance of managing the ongoing context.
You develop a knack for how to steer the models or start a new conversation through experience. The system or initial prompt are important, but nothing will save you if you naively keep a conversation going too long.
Yeah, totally. Prompt engineering isn't just about crafting the perfect opener, it's more like conversation management. You start to develop a feel for when things are going off the rails and it's time to reset