AI Fluency: Why Fundamentals Beat Fancy Prompts
Everyone's collecting prompts like Pokémon cards. But the people who actually get good at AI? They understand the fundamentals first. Stop cargo-culting prompts and start building real skills.
Over 20 years experience building robust pragmatic solutions for Amazon, AWS, Curse Gaming and others. Results over theater. I solve real problems, lead technical teams, and drive AI adoption that actually delivers business value.
Everyone's collecting prompts like Pokémon cards. But the people who actually get good at AI? They understand the fundamentals first. Stop cargo-culting prompts and start building real skills.
Last week I watched a team spend three days implementing a "flexible plugin architecture" for a feature that ended up being two if-statements. This is the story of every system I've ever inherited. The urge to build complexity is a bridge, not the destination. Don't build for the moon when you just need to cross the street.