When it comes to AI and programming, people focus way too much on code generation. Yes, if you use detailed instructions, specific prompts, and a super narrow scope, LLMs like Claude Sonnet can write passable code. But that's not where the time-saving comes in.
The efficiency gains come when you throw the tedious, mind-numbing tasks at it. Like verifying the steps in documentation or a README. Or actually creating the README in the first place.
That's what I do in this week's video. It's a short one, but I wanted to show how straightforward it can be to 1) create a README for your project while putting some shackles on Claude so it doesn't make stuff up and 2) verifying the README's code is accurate by having Claude actually run it.
I have tips like this and many more in the workshop I released a few weeks ago. Enjoy the video!
Oh, and if you want to play with Firefly (in the video), it's right here. You can see the generated README as well.
Creating a README and executing its code