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Why I stopped writing mega-prompts

The short essay that started this repo: one prompt that does everything is a system you cannot debug.

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EL-001
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v1.0
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Oct 21, 2025
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Oct 21, 2025
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Abstract

The short essay that started this repo: one prompt that does everything is a system you cannot debug.

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@misc{lovett2025001,
  title        = {Why I stopped writing mega-prompts},
  author       = {Edwin Lovett},
  year         = {2025},
  note         = {EL-001, v1.0},
  howpublished = {\url{https://edwinlovett.com/writing/el-001/}}
}
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