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by jgilias 38 days ago
Not sure about the angry part, but vague sometimes works really good. The important part is to have enough good context pushed into the context window beforehand (codebase explorations, docs, etc). Then a vague prompt of the general direction gives the autocomplete more “freedom” to figure out the “best” approach given the context.

Doesn’t work well ofc in a one shot situation with no context.

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Yeah, sorry, I myself was being vague, because I don't want to give any identifying info even by mistake. You are right; generalizations here are not as useful. I was talking about something the lines of 'can you make it better', but without llm having the context to understand what better could potentially mean. For brainstorming sessions, I love to start broad. Admittedly, I have limited experience with agents ( though current project intends to bridge that gap ) so it is possible I am missing something ( plus, to your point, I don't know his full setup ).