https://geekyschmidt.com/tags/devops/Recent content in DevOps onHugo -- 0.160.1enCopyright © 2002–2025, Nicholas Schmidt; all rights reserved.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:08:00 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-04-15-engineer-prompt-llm/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:08:00 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-04-15-engineer-prompt-llm/<h3 id="the-digital-archaeological-dig">The Digital Archaeological Dig</h3> <p>I recently assisted a friend with a codebase that felt like a digital archaeological dig—a chaotic mixture of Python versions and conflicting modules. The modern instinct was to upload the lot to an LLM to &ldquo;fix&rdquo; everything.</p> <p>The result was absolute carnage.</p> <ul> <li>No version control or history meant &ldquo;editing on master&rdquo; in real-time.</li> <li>More time spent reversing AI &ldquo;improvements&rdquo; than fixing the original bug.</li> <li>A stark reminder: tools are getting smarter, but engineering discipline is becoming a rare commodity.</li> </ul> <h3 id="the-return-of-the-artisanal-mess">The Return of the Artisanal Mess</h3> <p>This mirrors the &ldquo;artisanal&rdquo; FrontPage websites of the late 90s. A lower barrier to entry does not guarantee higher quality output.</p>