My most useful tip for vibe coders:
Before asking the LLM to write code, ask it to explore + plan what it will do.
This guides the AI to go through your codebase for DISCOVERY, not ACTION, which leads to much better results.
After it plans, just say "Implement."

“Summarize this without losing nuance. Keep key quotes and stats where relevant and note any conflicting points or important tone shifts.” You’ll get a tighter version that still respects the original — basically, your own personal editor with an uncanny ability to read between the lines.
Amanda Caswell • These 9 AI prompts work like magic — no matter which chatbot you use
Venkatesh Rao on Substack
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People were curious, so here's how I'm using Deep Research. I'll walk through the prompting and then an example:
1. First, I used O1 Pro to build me a prompt for Deep Research to do Deep Research on Deep Research prompting. It read all the blogs and literature on best practices and gave me a thorough report.
2. Then I asked for this to be turned... See more