[euroderf]

> This is similar to the reason that loading your prompt with things that reduce the space of plausible completions is effective prompt engineering.

And this is why taking your time to write a detailed software help request delivers a good chance that you will solve your problem all by your lonesome.

[exe34]

A rubber duck is all you need.

[doctoboggan]

Yes, my fear of stack overflow moderators has caused me to solve many problems before I even finish writing the question.