The Six Principles That Changed How I Build with AI

# The Six Principles That Changed How I Build with AI

Don't start prompting until you're clear on what you want. Articulate intent, define success, then prompt.

Version them. Document them. Protect them. Organize them into a library.

Every decision creates future maintenance burden. Make fewer decisions. Prefer reversible. Document to reduce carrying cost.

AI systems fail in novel ways. Name the risks. Document them. Assign owners. Monitor.

Document decisions when made. Capture learning after projects. Build prompt libraries. Create onboarding materials.

Each project should make the next one smarter. Capture evidence of outcomes. Connect evidence to decisions. Extract patterns.

These principles reinforce each other. Pick one where you feel the most pain. Practice it until habitual. Then add another.