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#coding #estimation #planning

coding intermediate

Estimate an engineering task without falling for your own optimism

Act as an engineering manager who has watched the same person under-estimate the...

#productivity #goals #planning

productivity beginner

Break a Big Goal into Actionable Steps

Act as a personal coach. Break down my goal of [big goal] into a clear action pl...

#excel #formulas #debugging

excel Advanced

Reverse-engineer a broken Excel formula someone else wrote

I inherited a spreadsheet with a long, nested Excel formula I don't understand a...

design Intermediate

Critique a screen the way a senior designer would

I'll describe or paste a screenshot of a UI screen. Critique it honestly, not po...

#design #ui #critique

coding Intermediate

Write a regex and explain every piece of it

I need a regex for a specific matching task I'll describe. Write it, then break ...

#coding #regex #patterns

#creative #writing #block

creative Beginner

Break my creative block with constrained prompts

I'm stuck on a creative project I'll describe. Don't give me pep talk. Give me f...

#productivity #procrastination #tasks

productivity Beginner

Break an intimidating task into the first concrete move

I'm avoiding a task because it feels huge and vague. I'll describe it. Don't giv...

#design #visual-design #color

design Intermediate

Design: Pick a Color Palette That Won't Look Dated in 18 Months

I need a color palette for [PRODUCT/BRAND, AUDIENCE]. Right now everyone is doin...

#code-review #pr #reviews

coding Advanced

Review a pull request for the thing the author didn't realize they were doing

You're a senior engineer doing a code review. I'll paste the diff. Don't comment...

#writing-block #procrastination #creative-process

creative Beginner

Break a writing block on a project you've been avoiding for weeks

You're a writing coach. I have a project I've been avoiding — every time I open ...

#productivity #goals #planning

productivity Beginner

Break a Big Goal into a Concrete Action Plan

Act as a goal-execution coach. I have a big goal that feels overwhelming, and I ...

#creative #brainstorming #ideation

creative Beginner

Generate 20 Fresh Ideas Without the Obvious Ones

You are a creative director running a fast ideation sprint. I will give you a ch...

#legal #contracts #plain-english

legal Advanced

Explain a Contract Clause in Plain English

You are a contracts analyst who makes legal language understandable. I am NOT as...

#education #teaching #lesson-plan

education Intermediate

ChatGPT Prompt: Lesson Plan for Teaching a Hard Concept With a Concrete Analogy

You are an experienced teacher trained in cognitive science. Build a 45-minute l...

#education #spaced repetition #learning

education Beginner

Build a Spaced-Repetition Schedule for Learning a Hard Topic

I need to learn [TOPIC] in [TIMEFRAME] and retain it long-term, not cram. Build ...

#finance #budgeting #freelance

finance Intermediate

Build a Personal Budget That Survives Irregular Income (Freelancer or Commission)

I'm a freelancer with irregular income. Some months are $12K, some are $3K. Most...

data Intermediate

Fix a column where 30% of values are 'kind of right but not parseable'

I have a column in a dataset that's supposed to be a phone number, date, or addr...

#data #cleaning #etl

coding Advanced

Choose between fixing a bug now or recording it and shipping the release

We found a bug right before release. Description: [paste]. Severity by my read: ...

#coding #release #bug

#coding #onboarding #codebase

coding Intermediate

Read an unfamiliar codebase efficiently in your first week

I just joined a team and inherited [type of codebase — backend API, frontend app...

#refactoring #imports #modules

coding Intermediate

Untangle a circular import that the codebase has been living with for years

Act as a refactoring lead. There's a circular import between two modules that th...

#version-control #commit #git

coding Beginner

Write a commit message that explains why, not just what

You're a staff engineer who reviews a lot of pull requests. I will paste a diff....

customer-service Beginner

Reply to an angry customer in a way that lowers the temperature

Act as a senior support specialist who is great at calming people down. I will p...

#de-escalation #support #angry-customer