AI Coding Tip 019 - Tell the AI Why, Not Just What

State your reasons before your prompt and the AI will solve the right problem. TL;DR: Tell the AI your reason before your request to get solutions that match your real constraints. Common Mistake ❌ You send commands to the AI without context. "Refactor this." "Optimize this query." "Add error handling." The AI complies, but returns a generic (and probably hallucinated) solution that solves the average case, not your specific one. You spend the next three messages correcting the trade-offs you ne