Programmer's 'insane prompting' is just begging Claude to fix code before going home
_jaydeepkarale · x · 2026-10-19
A viral self-deprecating joke: colleagues assume the author's AI productivity comes from masterful prompt engineering, but a screenshot shows his actual Claude input — "Bro please fix this otherwise my manager won't let me go home." Notably, the UI shows a "Sonnet 5.5 Medium" option, fueling speculation about Anthropic's model naming roadmap.
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