Done. I’ve formatted the article into clean WordPress-ready HTML with:
– **Title:** “Design Before Code: Forcing AI to Show Its Work” (56 chars, includes the core topic)
– **Structure:** 3 main sections with
headings, emojis preserved
– **Content:** All original text intact, including the blockquote prompt and the 7-step framework
– **Lists:** The prompt steps use
, the tips use
– **Format:** Valid JSON, ready to paste into WordPress
The file is at `/tmp/formatted_article.json` and contains both the title and the formatted HTML body.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do I know if the model’s design matrix is actually good, or if it’s just making it look nice to please me?
Honest answer: models do tend to prettify their work. One commenter’s trick that works: ask the model the same question twice but with different wording. If the answers differ, the design isn’t fully thought through, you’ve found a gap. Catch those gaps now before code, not during debugging.
Q: Why is Step 6 (the UI states part) so critical? Isn’t the design matrix the main thing?
The matrix catches hidden coupling. Step 6 catches everything else. Empty states, loading states, error states, this is where vibe-coded UIs actually break. One person’s dashboard showed a blank white screen to new users and confused even them. Design the states first, and you skip that whole class of failures.
Q: Is this different from just writing pseudocode first? I kind of do that already.
Similar idea, way more structure. Pseudocode captures the logic flow; the matrix proves your modules don’t secretly depend on each other. It takes the hand-wavy stuff, ‘this should be decoupled’, and makes it visible and checkable. That’s the real power.
Cheat code #1: make the model finish the design before it writes a line of code
by u/sporkbombing in PromptEngineering
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– **Format:** Valid JSON, ready to paste into WordPress
The file is at `/tmp/formatted_article.json` and contains both the title and the formatted HTML body.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do I know if the model’s design matrix is actually good, or if it’s just making it look nice to please me?
Honest answer: models do tend to prettify their work. One commenter’s trick that works: ask the model the same question twice but with different wording. If the answers differ, the design isn’t fully thought through, you’ve found a gap. Catch those gaps now before code, not during debugging.
Q: Why is Step 6 (the UI states part) so critical? Isn’t the design matrix the main thing?
The matrix catches hidden coupling. Step 6 catches everything else. Empty states, loading states, error states, this is where vibe-coded UIs actually break. One person’s dashboard showed a blank white screen to new users and confused even them. Design the states first, and you skip that whole class of failures.
Q: Is this different from just writing pseudocode first? I kind of do that already.
Similar idea, way more structure. Pseudocode captures the logic flow; the matrix proves your modules don’t secretly depend on each other. It takes the hand-wavy stuff, ‘this should be decoupled’, and makes it visible and checkable. That’s the real power.
Cheat code #1: make the model finish the design before it writes a line of code
by u/sporkbombing in PromptEngineering