@Patrick Gmuender this is so cool. I’m getting very excited about all of this when I should be sleeping, lol.

@Theda M um, if you’re at beta that is exciting, I don’t care what the niche is! That’s awesome.

@Shankar Kiru this resonated with me as well…the idea that prompting IS coding. Natural language programming. I wouldn’t write a research paper without structuring it, why do I think I can get what I want out of AI by simply brain dumping my every thought and idea? And so now I’m seeing that organizing the “prompt” means establishing a series of highly organized, intentionally written and specifically formatted documents to fill in the “blanks”. Only a few days into this content and I can’t unsee it!

@Shankar Kiru that’s so awesome. It’s difficult for me to even process all this emotionally. I have been frustrated my entire life with having so many ideas and even the drive and motivation but not the interest in learning coding. I think coding for me was like learning to read for my son, I just couldn’t handle the tedious nature of it when my brain was screaming at me to do something more interesting. I also experienced the roadblocks of career choice. I saw no path to software or web or gaming development with the barrier of trying to convince someone else that I was “good enough” to be hired in an industry I knew nothing about, lol. And now I have to convince NO one. I can just prove it. Now, with this technology that I am so humbled by and appreciative for, my ability to think from a systems perspective, my creativity, my internal drive to learn, iterate, fail, keep going etc etc are all I need. That’s where we all are! We can just go out there and put our ideas into motion. Back to work!

@Andrew Carkhuff that’s interesting. Did you ever get an answer to this in another area of the forum?

I decided to use this prompt format to prepare for putting together the folder system for a complex app development project. I knew that I had major gaps in basic knowledge around app development and gaming development and so my first round was to develop a prompt to ask Claude to help me familiarize myself with vocabulary, concepts, etc. I did include in my context that my goal is to produce a context file. I also included in this chat prompt that I am going to be using the ICM structure with heavy amounts of context and that this session was to prepare me for that process from a knowledge perspective. I am literally sitting here waiting for the output!

@Jude Doocey hi Jude I’m answering not because I have all the answers but because I’ve been thinking a lot about the same questions and here are my thoughts: If I was going to remodel my house, it would be critical to have a broad strategy to guide all aspects of the project. And then below that broad strategy would sit specific projects, maybe even big projects like “ remodel the kitchen”, and the drill form could keep going. So this system makes sense for anyone from an individual trying to manage their household to a Giant . Because. whether they’re using AI or not it’s the clarity you get from the system that is helpful. We are essentially creating that clarity so that we can more efficiently and more effectively utilize AI to be more productive and to have higher quality output at a lower cost. And for me, going back to the house, Remodeling analogy, I need to clear up the clutter before I can even think about starting that Bigger project. And my expectation is that clearing out that clutter will actually help me focus in on how to manage all of my projects and help me to see where a broader approach or a higher level rule can flow down into all of my projects and on the flipside where I need to really drill down. What are your thoughts?

@Jude Doocey I totally dig this. All of these mental models can only add to our understanding! I feel as though reading through various conversations here and completing the foundation coursework has completely changed my trajectory.