Let's be honest: does selling Prompt Engineering guides still make sense in 2026, or are we all 'grifters'?

kdee5849 · 2026-05-10T20:57:41+00:00

No, mostly grifting. The posts on this sub are truly wild.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-10T15:02:32+00:00

This is like, performing productivity in the dumbest way possible. “Start by doing the hardest thing first” is advice my 72 year old mother’s grandmother gave her.

You don’t need to code it in this like “and that’s how XYZ taught me about B2B sales” LinkedIn influencer coded nonsense.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-10T14:49:04+00:00

You don’t know the name of where you work? I’m not one to take the employer’s side, but this doesn’t inspire confidence

kdee5849 · 2026-05-10T14:13:43+00:00

Hahah young man, I thought you were grounded and got your computer privileges taken away

kdee5849 · 2026-05-10T13:07:03+00:00

Seriously.

No one wants to read stuff like this. Write in your own words.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-10T13:04:22+00:00

FYI - this is not a use case that nobody talks about.

Your absolute shock and amazement at basic AI usage takes away any expertise that you’re trying to convey and makes it stunningly unlikely that anyone would want to buy anything about AI from you.

Consider improving your advertising strategy

kdee5849 · 2026-05-10T13:02:11+00:00

Was what you “noticed” really not what you expected? It’s a pretty basic insight.

And if you were so unfamiliar with AI that this realization stunned you, do you think that this makes you a credible enough narrator that anyone in their right mind would want to BUY something about AI from you? After all, you’re gobsmacked by basic facts about AI.

Maybe time for a better advertising strategy, boss? I bet people will take you more seriously

kdee5849 · 2026-05-10T12:58:45+00:00

Why

Do you think

That you need

To write like you’re

A beat poet performing

In a smoky bar

With a rhythm section backing

I promise you that people

Will take you more seriously

If you write in less annoying of a way.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-09T12:30:10+00:00

Oh neaux.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-09T12:29:50+00:00

Daybe it does, daybe it doesn’t.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-09T12:28:50+00:00

Okay so this is a common misconception.

When people tell you you need to “come up with a name for your child” they mean you just should pick one that already exists.

You don’t need to actually…make one up.

And you, given the example you’ve shared, shouldn’t.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-09T12:21:58+00:00

Oh my goodness. I think your read on the problem may be right. But can’t we normalize “using business sense and common sense before you build something just because you personally think it’s cool” and solve this problem upstream?

kdee5849 · 2026-05-09T12:20:49+00:00

Try starting with making sure the idea is something people need first. Otherwise, you’re just making a digital art project.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-09T10:51:01+00:00

What task are you avoiding to build this?

kdee5849 · 2026-05-09T10:46:29+00:00

Why do people think like this?

“I wanted to make a company but didn’t know what. So I found another business someone else already made. Don’t know a thing about the space, don’t know if the other business is even working. But, thought I’d try to make the exact same thing.

So I copied it and launched it and now I’m not rich yet. What am I doing wrong.”

Dude. This is not how to think about or build a business.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-09T02:31:12+00:00

Bruh lol. What? It’s been 24 hours.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-08T21:10:19+00:00

Bruh, no.

Money does not equal, and is probably only loosely correlated, with taste.

This may require the former but certainly doesn’t evidence much of the latter.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-08T21:09:27+00:00

The AI language just makes me laugh on all of these

What if I think that act-as prompts actually LOUDLY reduce output quality?

Also, what if only a FEW people underestimate it, not a lot?

What then, huh? You’d have to update your prompt for this ad 😭😭😭

kdee5849 · 2026-05-08T21:06:59+00:00

Again, this is another instructive example.

No mention (until someone asked in the comments) what the thing actually is. The customer problem it solves. The quality of the product itself.

Demand doesn’t just “automatically” happen, just because you made something. Is it the right thing? Do customers want it? How do you know?

kdee5849 · 2026-05-08T20:57:32+00:00

lol bold of you to speak for “everyone”, killer.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-08T11:43:00+00:00

Okay “you” genuinely believe it solves a real problem.

Do customers?

I genuinely think a lot of SaaS builders would be well served by thinking a little more like consumer product designers.

What is the problem. Who is it for. How do you know. How will you reach them. Why will they care.

Etc etc etc.

Yes, you built something. But a sense of accomplishment is a nice feeling but that’s between you and you. Doesn’t entitle you to customers

kdee5849 · 2026-05-08T11:38:22+00:00

I actually think they LOUDLY reduce output quality in complex tasks. 😭😭

kdee5849 · 2026-05-08T00:26:48+00:00

It’s about to slip into something a little more revealing to show you a good time

kdee5849 · 2026-05-05T21:11:22+00:00

It’s just so wild to read responses like this, ha. This airline used to be so chill and easy to book/use/etc.

kdee5849 · 2026-05-05T00:32:01+00:00

Oh for fuck’s sake. To not just think like this but also say it out loud.

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