mAIn Street #194: Judge Speaks Out Against Pentagon's 'Troubling' Relationship with Anthropic; ElevenLabs and IBM to Partner on Voice AI
MARCH 26, 2026
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Few people asked me about the key variance between Prompt and Context Engineering and i always mentioned that these 2 are related. Prompt Engineering - writing and organizing LLM instructions for an optimal outcome whereas context engineering is set of strategies for curating and maintaining the optimal set of tokens...
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Most people ask "what AI tools should I use?" but the better question is: where do they actually fit in your workflow? Here's a breakdown by function, based on tools that are actually useful: Automation (workflows, repetitive tasks) Workbeaver - desktop and browser automation Zapier - connects apps easily Make - visua...
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I ve spent the last few weeks trying to nail down a prompt structure that forces the AI to stay on track, and i think i found it. its like a little chain reaction where each part of the output has to acknowledge and build on the last one. its been really useful for getting actually useful answers instead of a wall of...
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