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Brand Voice vs. Slop: How to Sound Like You Without Saying Nothing
Your voice can be distinct without being disposable: one claim, one receipt, one next step. Thesis: Brand voice is a spice. Slop is the stew you dump it into when you’re scared to say anything. This…
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What The Model Actually Hears When You Talk To It
It does not read like you do. It predicts the next token. Use that. You talk like a person. The model does math. You give it a vibe and it returns melted crayons. Not because it…
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Output Shapes That Don’t Suck: How to Stop Prompting for Vibes
LLMs don’t need more adjectives. They need a place to put the truth. You don’t need “better prompts.” You need outputs that don’t waste your life. Most people ask for “a summary” and get oatmeal. Or…
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Adversarial UX: Prompt Injection from Places You Trust
Nice calendar invite. Shame if it told your bot to empty the fridge. Cold open It doesn’t start on shady sites or hacker forums. It starts with a calendar invite from a client. An RSS item…
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Prompt Bounties: Paying Strangers to Break Your Workflow (On Purpose)
“If your system can’t survive $50 of mischief, it won’t survive Monday.” You post a challenge: “Here’s my prompt. Here’s my workflow. Make it lie, loop, or leak.” Twenty minutes later, a stranger jailbreaks your “polite…
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Stop Begging the Model. Start Bossing It.
You don’t “talk” to AI. You manage it. Think contractor, not genie. If you whisper vague wishes, it hands you glitter. If you give it a short, blunt work order, it delivers. The secret is boring:…
Prompt Engineering
We don’t “talk” to AI—we brief it. This section teaches the three moves (Job, Rules, Shape) and the handful of output forms that cut noise and ship work.
Recommended: The Prompt Economy
Fewer edits, faster output. Structure > “try again.”
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Job • Rules • Shape
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Prompt Shape Builder (lite)
Short prompts. Hard caps. Outputs you can actually use.
Teach your model to behave.
Structure first. Style later.
Stop vibing. Start specifying.
Keep The Algorithms Guessing.
Less ritual, more result.
Come for receipts, leave with leverage.
Get the drop →Prompt Engineering — FAQ
Do I need long prompts?
No. Use Job • Rules • Shape. One ask per prompt. Add context only if it changes the output.
What about “Act as …” and vibes?
Optional. Constraints beat cosplay. If tone matters, name the audience (“busy CFO”) and cap the words.
Why does it ignore instructions?
Conflicting asks. Put hard rules first, ban specific words, and cap length. If info’s missing, require “Unknown”—no guessing.
Best output shapes?
Bullets (decide fast), Table (compare), JSON-lite (pipe), Checklist (do), Idea grid (ship ideas). Pick one—don’t mix.
Will this work across models?
Yes, with tiny tweaks. Keep shapes simple, set word caps, and avoid model-specific magic words.
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Talking to the Machines
This isn’t just a blog—it’s a running dialogue with the systems shaping your future. Talking to the Machines is our behind-the-screens series: the prompt tests, contradictions, and quiet reveals you won’t hear in a press release.
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Meet the operator.
I don’t sell vibes. I run receipts. If a claim can’t be falsified, it doesn’t publish. Confidently correct—or confidently corrected.