I kept getting generic answers no matter what I asked
same structure same tone same surface level stuff
turns out the difference wasn’t the model
it was how I was asking
once I started writing prompts like I actually cared about the output
context constraints tone expectations what to avoid
everything changed
it stopped feeling like a chatbot and started feeling like a tool
most people are basically typing one sentence and expecting something useful back
then calling it overrated
the gap between a lazy prompt and a structured one is honestly massive
curious how many people here actually changed how they prompt vs just switching models
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