Accessibility Auditing
Checking HTML/React components for ARIA compliance and screen reader support.
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Techniques
Concrete prompting and workflow techniques for generating code with AI.
API Stubbing
Generating mock OpenAPI endpoints or JSON responses for frontend development.
Architectural Scaffolding
Having the AI build the folder structure and empty files first.
Bash Script Assembly
Writing complex shell scripts by describing the workflow.
Chain-of-Thought Prompting
Asking the AI to think step-by-step before generating the code solution.
CI/CD Pipeline Drafting
Generating GitHub Actions YAML specs for deployment automation.
Commit Message Generation
Pasting git diffs and asking for conventional commit messages.
Component Decomposition
Asking the AI to break a monolithic React component into smaller units.
Context Priming
Feed the AI relevant code files or examples before generating.
Cross-Language Porting
Translating working code from one language to another.
CSS Grid Generation
Describing a layout visually to get the CSS Grid or Flexbox code.
Dockerfile Optimization
Having the AI rewrite a Dockerfile to use multi-stage builds.
Docstring-Driven Dev
Writing the docstring and letting Copilot or an AI complete the function.
Error Trace Injection
Pasting the entire stack trace for the AI to debug.
Few-Shot Examples
Providing 2-3 examples of desired input/output format before generating.
Incremental Refinement
Generating a generic function, then asking for edge cases to be added.
Internationalization Prep
Extracting hardcoded strings from components into i18n JSON files.
Legacy Code Explanation
Having the AI summarize undocumented legacy spaghetti code.
Migration Scripting
Writing database schema migration scripts using ORM specific syntax.
Performance Golf
Asking the AI to optimize an existing function for time or space complexity.
Pseudo-Code Translation
Writing out logic in English pseudo-code and having the AI compile it.
Regex Generation
Providing examples of matching strings to generate complex regular expressions.
Role-Playing Architecture
Asking the AI to act as a senior architect to review your design.
Rubber Duck AI
Explaining the problem to the AI to figure it out yourself or get a solution.
Security Smell Checks
Using AI explicitly to audit code for OWASP vulnerabilities.
Spec-First Prompting
Writing a detailed specification document before generating code.
SQL Query Translation
Describing data requirements in English to generate complex SQL joins.
State Machine Modeling
Generating XState or standard state machine configs from descriptions.
Test-Driven Vibing
Writing tests first, then making the AI write code that passes them.
Type Hint Inference
Passing untyped Python/JS and asking for full strict typing.
Unit Test Mocking
Asking the AI to generate the boilerplate for mocking complex dependencies.
Variable Naming Brainstorm
Asking for 10 possible naming conventions for a complex function.