"Find bugs in my app" Called a Surprisingly Effective Prompt
facontidavide · x · 2026-10-06
Developer adrianmacneil notes that "Find bugs in my app" is a surprisingly effective prompt, and facontidavide amplifies it with "Yes. Let that sink in." The short exchange highlights a counterintuitive coding-agent trick: simply asking the model to find bugs can work better than structured prompts.
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