Shifting from Prompt to Context Engineering
thisdudelikesAI · x · 2026-07-16
This post emphasizes a shift in focus: while the past challenge was "how to write the perfect prompt," the real key now is using the fewest high-signal tokens to achieve the desired result.
It advocates pivoting from prompt engineering to context engineering—rather than just piling on more content, it's about organizing the context provided to the model with much greater precision.
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