Pattern Posts

One specific pattern or technique, tightly scoped.


12 articles

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AI-Native Design 6 min

Dark Mode Isn't Optional: Designing AI Interfaces for Real Use

Why dark mode is the default for professional tools. Accessibility, cognitive load, and how to implement both modes with shared design token...

Mar 25, 2025
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Prompt Engineering Craft 7 min

5 Prompt Anti-Patterns That Waste Tokens and Trust

Five specific anti-patterns with examples: vague instructions, over-constraining, context dumping, ignoring output format, and treating all ...

Mar 22, 2025
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Prompt Engineering Craft 6 min

Chain-of-Thought: When to Use It and When It Hurts

Chain-of-thought prompting improves complex reasoning but wastes tokens and adds latency on simple tasks. Here's how to know the difference.

Mar 7, 2025
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Prompt Engineering Craft 7 min

Prompt Versioning: Treat Prompts Like Code

Prompts change. Without versioning, you can't test, compare, or roll back. Here's how to bring software engineering discipline to prompt man...

Mar 6, 2025
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Prompt Engineering Craft 7 min

Structured Output Design: Making LLMs Return What You Need

The difference between useful AI output and noise is structure. Here are the patterns that make LLMs return exactly what your system needs.

Mar 3, 2025
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Prompt Engineering Craft 8 min

The System Prompt Checklist: 12 Sections Every System Prompt Needs

Role, context, constraints, format, examples, edge cases, fallbacks, and more. A complete checklist for system prompts that actually work.

Mar 2, 2025
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MCP & AI Infrastructure 6 min

MCP Tool Naming: Why Names Are Your Most Important API Decision

AI models use tool names to decide when and how to call them. Good naming reduces errors, bad naming causes cascading failures.

Feb 28, 2025
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AI-Native Design 7 min

Component Design for Conversational Interfaces

Chat-based UIs need specialized components. Here are the patterns for cards, streaming indicators, tool results, and error states.

Feb 22, 2025
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AI-Native Design 6 min

Motion Design for AI Products: Less Is More

The right motion design makes AI products feel responsive. The wrong motion design makes them feel slow. Here's the difference.

Feb 20, 2025
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Intelligent Operations 7 min

Content Strategy at Scale: The 18-Column Approach

How the Content Strategy prompt library structures planning, SEO targeting, and distribution into one unified 18-column database.

Feb 11, 2025
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Intelligent Operations 7 min

The Ideal Customer Profile Database: From Assumptions to Data

The ICP prompt library's 14 columns as a framework for replacing assumptions with structured, testable customer intelligence.

Feb 9, 2025
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Intelligent Operations 7 min

Search Intent Mapping: The SEO Framework That Actually Works

Map search intent to content types, funnel stages, and conversion potential using a structured 15-column framework.

Feb 7, 2025
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