--- title: A Seasoned Tester's Crystal Ball: Stop with the... description: A seasoned tester draws parallels between intentional programming, test-driven development, and modern AI prompting. The core argument is that 'prompt... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-seasoned-tester-s-crystal-ball-stop-with-the-prompting-be-clear-on-your-intent-jeuzz4rj0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A Seasoned Tester's Crystal Ball: Stop with the prompting, be clear on your intent | daily.dev og:description: A seasoned tester draws parallels between intentional programming, test-driven development, and modern AI prompting. The core argument is that 'prompt... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-seasoned-tester-s-crystal-ball-stop-with-the-prompting-be-clear-on-your-intent-jeuzz4rj0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JeUzZ4rj0.png og:image:alt: A Seasoned Tester's Crystal Ball: Stop with the prompting, be clear on your intent og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A Seasoned Tester's Crystal Ball: Stop with the prompting, be clear on your intent **[A Seasoned Tester's Crystal Ball](https://daily.dev/sources/visiblequality)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A seasoned tester draws parallels between intentional programming, test-driven development, and modern AI prompting. The core argument is that 'prompt engineering' is really just the age-old practice of clearly expressing intent — something good testers and developers have always done. Rather than chasing prompt engineering techniques, the author advocates for focusing on clearly articulating what you actually want, using examples where helpful, and recognizing that AI tools already have context engineering baked in that may override your prompting attempts anyway. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How AI with Prompt Engineering Supports Software Testing](https://daily.dev/posts/how-ai-with-prompt-engineering-supports-software-testing-equ1lglcy) · InfoQ · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [A Guide to Effective Prompt Engineering](https://daily.dev/posts/a-guide-to-effective-prompt-engineering-akjscs4qs) · ByteByteGo · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [I Stopped Prompting AI Better. 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