{"slug": "prompts-more-work-than-coding", "title": "Prompts More Work Than Coding", "summary": "A developer found that fixing a subtle bug in a Rust program manually was easier than prompting an agentic AI tool like OpenCode or Pi, noting that the prompt required would be as long as a blog post. The fix simplified the code and resolved a long-standing inconsistency.", "body_md": "There has been a **subtle bug** in my Rust program for years now. It didn't cause any actual behavioral issues, but the code was **brittle** and I had accidentally broken it multiple times. I wanted to fix the bug, but I did not know exactly how to **prompt** it in OpenCode (or Pi).\n\nI think this is a case where it is actually **easier** just to do the code change **manually** instead of using agentic AI. I made the change, and:\n\n• It required some follow-up changes.\n\n• It overall simplified and fixed the long-standing inconsistency.\n\nI still don't know exactly how I would **prompt an agent** to fix this bug. It would probably involve some sort of **refactoring** and removing arguments, moving the database logic—the prompt to have the code fixed would probably be about as long as this blog post. I could just do it myself, and write the blog post as well.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/prompts-more-work-than-coding", "canonical_source": "https://www.dotnetperls.com/2026_8_30_prompts-more-work-coding", "published_at": "2026-08-30 07:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-30 21:22:32.269360+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["OpenCode", "Pi", "Rust"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/prompts-more-work-than-coding", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/prompts-more-work-than-coding.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/prompts-more-work-than-coding.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/prompts-more-work-than-coding.jsonld"}}