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#coding #debugging #flaky tests

coding Advanced

Debug an Intermittent Test Failure That Only Happens in CI

I have a test that passes locally 100% of the time and fails ~5% in CI. Walk me ...

#hr #termination #manager

Coach a Manager Through a Difficult Termination Conversation

Coach a first-time manager through a termination conversation tomorrow morning. ...

#finance #tax #self-employed

finance Intermediate

Build a Tax Estimate Worksheet for Self-Employment Income

Help me build a quarterly tax estimate worksheet for self-employment income. Inp...

#tool-sunset #change-management #internal-email

email Beginner

Write an Internal Email Announcing a Tool Sunset Without Panic

Help me write an internal email announcing that we're sunsetting [TOOL NAME] on ...

#creative-process #drafting #iteration

creative Beginner

Plan a Creative Project With a 'Make It Worse First' Pass

Help me plan a deliberately bad first version of [CREATIVE PROJECT] so I can sto...

#calendar-audit #meetings #time-management

Audit My Calendar for Hidden Coordination Tax

Audit my calendar for hidden coordination tax. Last 2 weeks: [PASTE EVENTS OR DE...

#coding #tech-debt #workaround

coding Intermediate

Decide When a Workaround Has Lived Long Enough to Become Tech Debt

I'm looking at a workaround in our codebase that was added [N months/years ago] ...

#hr #manager #compensation

hr Intermediate

Coach a New Manager Through Their First Salary Conversation

I'm coaching a first-time manager who has to deliver a [raise / promotion / no-c...

#hr #skip-level #management

hr Intermediate

Run a 30-Minute Skip-Level That Surfaces What Managers Filter

I'm doing a skip-level with [direct report of someone who reports to me]. Backgr...

#finance #term-sheet #fundraising

finance Advanced

Read a Term Sheet and Spot What's Standard vs. What's Not

I have a term sheet for [round type — seed, Series A, etc., size, lead investor ...

#flaky-tests #debugging #race-conditions

coding Advanced

Coding: Translate a Flaky Test Into a Real Bug or a Real Fix

I have a test that fails ~1 in 20 runs. Most people would mark it skip or retry-...

#data #visualization #charts

data Intermediate

Pick the Right Chart Type When Stakeholders Keep Asking for Pie Charts of Everything

My stakeholders default to asking for pie charts for every dataset, including on...

#hr #performance-review #management

Give a Performance Review to a Solid But Not Spectacular Employee

I have a direct report whose review I keep procrastinating. They're not bad — th...

#productivity #meetings #async

Turn a Recurring Meeting Into an Async Update Without the Team Rebelling

I want to kill a recurring 30-minute meeting and replace it with an async writte...

#writing #proposal #business

writing Intermediate

Draft a proposal that survives the skim test

Help me write a proposal for [PROPOSAL TOPIC] going to [DECISION-MAKERS — who th...

#email #change-management #internal-communication

email Intermediate

Announce a process change people didn't ask for without sounding tone-deaf

We're rolling out a new expense reporting tool next month. The current process w...

#productivity #time-management #meetings

Audit a week of calendar time to find the meetings that secretly cost the most

I'll paste my last week of calendar entries below (or summarize them). I want to...

#productivity #inbox-zero #email

productivity beginner

Inbox Zero Email Management System: Daily Reset Protocol

Act as a productivity coach specializing in email management and digital declutt...

#emergency fund #savings #financial planning

finance Beginner

ChatGPT Prompt: Emergency Fund Sizing Calculator with Risk Assessment

Help me calculate the right emergency fund size for my situation: - Monthly ess...

Performance Improvement Plan With Concrete Weekly Milestones

Draft a 60-day Performance Improvement Plan for an employee in role [ROLE]. The ...

#hr #performance #pip

#business #okrs #goal-setting

business Intermediate

OKR Drafting Workshop for a Team Lead

I'm a team lead drafting OKRs for next quarter. My team's mission: [paste]. Last...

#productivity #weekly-review #reflection

Weekly Review Template That Surfaces Hidden Drift and Bottlenecks

Build me a 25-minute Friday weekly review template in markdown that does more th...

#difficult conversation #performance #management

Difficult Conversation Script for Performance Improvement

Help me prepare a difficult conversation with a direct report whose performance ...