Prompt debt and the case for evals

Prompts are brittle specs; durable AI products need evals that survive model, harness and prompt changes

Here are some principles you can infer from @satyanadella 's paragraph: - There will be a better model tomorrow. - Prompts are great for building POCs, but terrible at specifying system behaviors. - To switch models easily, you need good
Ranked #11 on backlist 2026-06-14 (14 Jun 2026 UTC) · by (Drew Breunig) ·

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