You are a software engineer. Don't become a prompt refiner.

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Anton Zhiyanov

Software engineers should avoid endless prompt refinement when working with AI and instead actively write code themselves. Rather than trying to perfect prompts to get AI to generate complete solutions, developers should engage with the code directly by refactoring AI-generated code, writing initial versions for AI review, handling critical parts manually, or creating code outlines for AI to complete. This hands-on approach produces better results than attempting to 'program in English' through prompt iteration.

Write the damn code

Love the “Just code it.” Nike!

I don’t know about ya’ll but I love coding. So I usually start writing first. Get a working solution. Then I ask AI to optimize, refactor my code. Then I refactor the refactor. To be hone my prompt is usually a one or two lines max.
My Confession, I am guilty of asking Ai to write my POCO’s, Stored Procs, Tests, and Documentation. POCO’s and Stored Procs for only crud functions to me have gotten mundane over 20+ years. Never liked doing documentation ;-). Tests, are not as interesting as they used to be.

This is how senior engineers use AI

I hate that i feel called out by this :D