[DevDesmond]

I like to keep a personal recipe book of prompt modifiers. For bash scripting I often write my prompt and then copy-paste the following to prompt:

``` When making edits to the script, ensure the script remains

- Idempotent - Functional after a fresh install of a virtual machine

Additionally, keep things stupid simple and avoid:

- Unnecessary error checks - Defining colors and custom logging functions - Bells and wistles - Backups - Branching Paths - Script Arguments ```

I find it helps cull back the LLM 's overenthusiasm for abstractions.

[SOLAR_FIELDS]

In general I usually toss “follow KISS principles” into nearly every plan prompt. If you tell it that, it helps cut out a lot of the noise and only focuses on the core functionality

[dotancohen]

I'd love to see some more of that recipe book. If you don't want to share here, my Gmail username is the same as my HN username.

Thank you!

[mattmanser]

Try this one, it works 100% of the time:

X. Don't write stupid code.

Replace X with your prompt.