Prompting Opus 5.5 that a 'grumpy senior engineer' will review its work keeps it coding for 2 days
remilouf · x · 2026-10-08
- A simple persona trick: tell Opus 5.5 its work will be reviewed by a grumpy senior engineer hunting for flaws.
- The model then worked nonstop for 2 days, producing benchmarks and flame graphs to justify every step.
- Author adds that framing the reviewer as an engineer who "hates AI on principle" works even better.
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