A good commit shows whether a developer is a good collaborator — Peter Hutterer, Linux. — Years ago, I never realized there were specific rules for writing commit messages until my curiosity got the best of me. I used to think that straightforward messages like “added feature 2,” “fixed the bug on the Main Navigation bar,” or even “foo” were sufficient. The conviction that commit messages…

One of the toughest parts of using language models is making sure they do the tasks you want them to do just right. — In the field of prompt engineering, the method we use to instruct language models significantly influences the quality of their responses. Despite their training, language models still lack a complete understanding of human interaction. Here’s an example: I requested ChatGPT to provide a positive statement about ‘Victoria,’ but it instead…

“If comments are inherently considered a bad practice, why do they exist in the first place?” — Comments are commonly employed to clarify code that is difficult to understand. But, at times, they end up being redundant. Many professionals discourage the use of comments because they perceive them as codebase clutter. This belief is rooted in maintainability concerns, as comments require ongoing updates whenever modifications are made…