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Amanda Caswell

Hate writing AI prompts? I tested ways to make it easier — here’s what actually worked

Woman frustrated with computer problems.

I use AI every day — but writing prompts still slow me down. Even with a background in prompt engineering, it’s hard to keep up. Just when I feel like I’ve figured it out, the models update, the responses shift and suddenly the same prompts don’t hit the same way.

It’s not that I don’t know how to prompt — I do. But constantly trying to phrase things “the right way” adds bottlenecks to productivity fast. Instead of getting answers from ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, I’m tweaking wording, adding context and second-guessing myself.

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