The Zen of AI | Derek Larson Raw is better than distilled.<br>Distilled is better than empty.<br>Too much context is better than too little.<br>Although scattered context is worse than none.<br>Bad prompts demand; good prompts provide.<br>Examples teach; errors teach best.<br>Ask what’s wrong, not what’s right.<br>Tool calls are better than tokens.<br>Autonomous does not mean automated.<br>Babysitting is not the same as building.<br>Failures should be loud and safe.<br>Many minds beat one.<br>Although no minds often beats many.<br>What costs little to generate costs much to manage.<br>Be generous with tokens, miserly with attention.<br>Protect the spiky bits.<br>AI can’t do X is a dangerous premise.<br>The sun sets on every model.<br>The master trains their replacement with every move.