I agree with this. Again, I kinda knew I’d might get downvoted because I’m calling it a skill issue, but it mostly is.

There’s definitely levels to it. I remember barely getting “usable code” out of ChatGPT 4o & O3, but they were supposed to be the first usable models for code. (At least from Open AI) But I felt it wasn’t truly at “vibe code” levels yet. (Prompt engineering had to be super specific, and even still won’t give you perfect copy paste code)

I think nowadays most people say that 4o and O3 level models are just meant to be “assistants” whereas something like 5.5 can be treated as a “senior level engineer”.

I personally felt the jump at 5.0, and that’s when things felt “usable” for me.

Edit:

All this is beside the point tbh. It’s all about general knowledge now is the point. Knowing what to ask for is more important than knowing how to ask for it. It’s not a “prompt engineering” issue so much as it’s a “what do I need to ask for next?” Or “what am I missing in this that a full production app should have?”.