prompt engineering is golf.

Golf is all about getting the ball into the hole in as few shots as possible. It almost never happens in just one swing, so it’s really a game of getting closer and closer until you’re in. And in the big picture, it’s about improving your game to consistently post better scores.

You don’t just walk up to your ball and whack it. You have to calculate the hazards, the wind, your lie, etc.

Sound familiar?

You don’t just fire up your LLM of choice and start typing. You calculate, you strategize, you think.

Over time, you improve at providing constraints as creative fuel. And in the end, you get to a better final product, faster.

The handicap drops. The work gets better. 

And the gap between what you imagined and what you actually get keeps closing.