I spent two weeks blaming Claude for being useless. Turns out Claude wasn't the problem—I just had no idea how to ask it anything.
That's when I realized prompting isn't mystical. It's asking better questions. Different ways work for different jobs.
What Is Prompting?
It's how you ask AI to do something. But doing it well.
Asking someone to "make food" gets you whatever's in the fridge. Asking for "that pasta carbonara like you made last month" gets you exactly what you want. Same person. Different ask.
