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21:33
2026-07-16
dev.to
large-language-models

Why Long Prompts Make AI Worse (And How to Fix Them)

A developer argues that long prompts degrade AI output by diluting signal with noise, and that prompt compression—removing every sentence that does not constrain output—improves model performance. The…

21:19
2026-07-16
dev.to
artificial-intelligence

What is an "agentic harness," actually?

A developer explores the concept of an 'agentic harness' with Gregg B, explaining that the harness is not the IDE or the app running the agent, but the invisible plumbing that decides whether the agen…

21:17
2026-07-16
dev.to
artificial-intelligence

RES, my personal safeguard against AI

A developer created a personal safeguard called 'RES' to detect when an AI assistant drifts from initial instructions during long conversations. The developer adds a constant prompt asking the AI to s…

20:52
2026-07-16
dev.to
artificial-intelligence

Before the Thermometer

A winemaker's reliance on smell over thermometer readings illustrates a challenge for AI in expert domains: tacit knowledge that resists digitization. The engineer argues that records capture what hap…

20:47
2026-07-16
dev.to
artificial-intelligence

The hackathon Anthropic didn't expect

Anthropic's Claude Code hackathon winners were largely non-engineers, including an electrician, a doctor, and a carpenter, according to Claude Code creator Boris Cherny. The finding challenges the ass…

20:28
2026-07-16
dev.to
artificial-intelligence

How do you become a Forward Deployed Engineer? (2026)

A developer analysis of 1,000 job postings reveals that becoming a Forward Deployed Engineer in 2026 requires production AI fluency, a portfolio proving agent deployment, and passing an interview loop…

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