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swframe2 ◴[] No.45108930[source]
Preventing garbage just requires that you take into account the cognitive limits of the agent. For example ...

1) Don't ask for large / complex change. Ask for a plan but ask it to implement the plan in small steps and ask the model to test each step before starting the next.

2) For really complex steps, ask the model to write code to visualize the problem and solution.

3) If the model fails on a given step, ask it to add logging to the code, save the logs, run the tests and the review the logs to determine what went wrong. Do this repeatedly until the step works well.

4) Ask the model to look at your existing code and determine how it was designed to implement a task. Some times the model will put all of the changes in one file but your code has a cleaner design the model doesn't take into account.

I've seen other people blog about their tricks and tips. I do still see garbage results but not as high as 95%.

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dontlaugh ◴[] No.45109969[source]
At that point, why not just write the code yourself?
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harrall ◴[] No.45111832[source]
I don’t do much of the deep prompting stuff but I find AI can write some code faster than I can and accurately most of the time. You just need to learn what those things are.

But I can’t tell you any useful tips or tricks to be honest. It’s like trying to teach a new driver the intuition of knowing when to brake or go when a traffic light turns yellow. There’s like nothing you can really say that will be that helpful.

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1. fragmede ◴[] No.45121335{3}[source]
That there's really "nothing you can say to help someone develop yellow light stop/go intuition" is just wrong. There are guiding principles that give structure, even if you can’t compress the whole skill into a single rule.

Sure, some skills are more about practice, not rules, but hopefully you're not a driving instructor.