The Day I Stopped Fighting With ChatGPT

Last Tuesday, I spent three hours trying to get GitHub Copilot to write a simple authentication function. Three. Hours.

I'd type something vague like "make a login system," and it would spit out code that was either completely wrong or way too complicated. I'd try again with more details. Still wrong. I'd add examples. Close, but not quite. By the time I got something usable, I could've written it myself from scratch.

Sound familiar?

Here's the thing - I thought I was bad at using AI tools. Turns out, I was just bad at talking to them.

The Prompt Problem

We've all been sold this dream: AI coding assistants will make us 10x developers! Just tell the AI what you want, and boom, perfect code appears!

Except nobody tells you how to actually talk to these tools. We're expected to figure it out through trial and error, wasting hours in the process. And when it doesn't work? We blame ourselves or dismiss the tools as overhyped.

But what if the problem isn't us or the AI? What if we just never learned the language these tools actually understand?

That's where this masterclass comes in.

On November 22nd at 9PM WAT, Marvelous Solomon (2X Founder, CEO at TheBoltclipCompany & Top Universe) is running a free session on prompt engineering specifically for software engineers.

Not the generic "be more specific" advice you've heard a million times. This is about the actual techniques that make AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot genuinely useful:

• How to structure prompts that get you the right code the first time
• Debugging strategies when the AI misunderstands what you want
• Techniques for pair programming with AI (yes, it's a thing)
• Real examples of prompts that actually work in production environments

This isn't about replacing your skills. It's about amplifying them. It's about cutting those three-hour wrestling matches down to three minutes.

Why This Matters Now

Look, AI coding tools aren't going anywhere. They're getting better, more integrated into our workflows, and honestly? The developers who know how to use them effectively have a real advantage.

But only if you know what you're doing.

Ready to actually harness these tools instead of fighting with them?

👉 Register here: linq.sh/prompt-engineer-v1

P.S. — If you've ever copied code from ChatGPT only to spend an hour debugging it, this session is definitely for you.