Tag: #PromptEngineering

When Prompts Feel Like Programming Blindfolded

After more than a year, on and off, building agents across LangFlow, Microsoft Agent Framework, and Copilot Studio – from PoCs to my own real-world deployments – one theme keeps nagging at me: prompt debugging feels like a black box adventure.

In traditional software development, you can step through the code, trace errors, and monitor state changes with powerful tools. But with natural language programming? You’re trusting your instructions to a probabilistic model whose reasoning you rarely get to see.

And that changes everything.

GenAI Skills Gap: Why Businesses Can’t Wait for Education Institutions

As educational establishments seemingly wrestle with how, or if, Generative AI (GenAI) should be formally integrated into their curricula, the conversation seems to circle around a familiar tension: education versus training (I’d love to hear from people embedded in the education space for their opinion).

Should STEM degrees remain focused on deep technical foundations, or adapt to include the practical AI skills employers well expect? One promising middle ground is adding humanities courses that sharpen critical thinking, ethics, and communication – capabilities essential for using AI responsibly. The challenge is finding the right balance so educational establishments can preserve their mission to educate while preparing graduates for the realities of an AI-enabled workplace.

GenAI Training Falling Short? Why an Exploratory Mindset Beats Just “Knowing How to Use It”

Generative AI is becoming a staple in the modern workplace – but something’s not clicking. Despite the rollout of training programs and hands-on tools, it seems that some organisations still struggle to see meaningful impact. Why? Because knowing how to use GenAI isn’t the same as knowing how to work with it. I have been delivering training on GenAI for over a year now and the feature that stands out in the true adopters has been the Exploratory Mindset – it’s the mindset that really makes the difference.