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by apwell23 207 days ago
what level of seriousness does "context engineering" deserve?
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Is there a level lower than 0?
Assuming you mean "context engineering" as in "engineering the context for LLM prompts" - 0.

I take particular issue with the usage of the word "engineering", in this context, as in my practical experience what I witnessed was more akin to "try random things until it somewhat works" than anything I would associate with "engineering". But hey, it's a free country and people can use words whichever way they want. Just shouldn't be confused if noone keeps on listening ;)