I Don't Get Prompt Engineering. Are We All Just Gambling with Tokens Now? (opens in new tab)

Okay, I need to get this off my chest. I've been in this industry long enough to see a few hype cycles come and go. I survived the "blockchain will solve everything" era. I watched microservices eat monoliths and then watched everyone quietly crawl back to monoliths. I've seen enough to know that when everyone suddenly agrees on something, I should probably sit down and shut up until the dust settles. But this time is different. This time, the thing everyone agrees on is... using LLMs for eve...