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#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

Write a query that survives the source table being renamed in six months

I need to write a SQL query that pulls weekly metrics for a dashboard. The sourc...

#sql #data #query

#code review #PR review #senior engineer

Review a pull request the way a senior would — not a linter

Review the PR diff I am about to paste the way a senior engineer would in a 15-m...

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

Read an unfamiliar codebase efficiently in your first week

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

#excel #auditing #debugging

excel intermediate

Trace a broken cell reference across a workbook before fixing it blindly

Act as an Excel auditor. A formula on the summary tab is returning #REF! after a...

#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...

#coding #debugging #learning

coding Beginner

Explain Unfamiliar Code Line by Line

You are a patient senior engineer mentoring a junior developer. I will paste a b...

#creative #worldbuilding #fiction

creative Advanced

Creative: Build a World Whose Rules I Won't Contradict on Page 80

I'm building the world for [STORY/GAME]. Help me pin down the rules I'll actuall...

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

#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...

#refactoring #imports #modules

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...

#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...

#productivity #procrastination #tasks

productivity Beginner

Break a vague, intimidating task into the first concrete move

I have a task that feels too big and I keep avoiding it (I'll describe it). Don'...

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 #refactoring #architecture

coding Advanced

Plan a refactor I can ship in small safe steps

I want to refactor a messy module but can't stop shipping. Help me break it into...

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...

productivity Intermediate

Design a Simple System to Beat Procrastination

Act as a behavioral coach who understands the psychology of procrastination. I k...

#productivity #procrastination #habits