alt Hacker NewsThe gold standard is code samples. I've got 1000-line convention documents with very simple rules like "Early returns on a single line". Llms sometimes ignore these or misinterpret them in unusual ways.
But if I tell it "read these files that use the same conventions" first, there's no misunderstanding, and the agent also picks up the general "tone" of the code. I have very little to tweak if I've defined the problem well.
> But if I tell it "read these files that use the same conventions" first, there's no misunderstanding, and the agent also picks up the general "tone" of the code. I have very little to tweak if I've defined the problem well.
Oh that is a bloomin' great idea, and I can fully see how it might work better.
Can't tell you how valuable this comment has been to me and now I feel so much better about evidently kicking a hornet's nest ;-) Thank you so much.