Briefle words · Prompt craft
Context rot
The drop in answer quality as a long chat fills up with outdated, contradictory or failed material.
Say it to an AI
(New chat) React 18 + react-hook-form 7, mode 'onChange': Submit stays disabled even when all fields are valid; the Zod schema passes on its own. Component attached. Diagnose the root cause first, then propose one fix.
How an expert would ask for the stronger version of “Stuck debugging thread”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →A developer has spent an hour in one chat trying to fix a React form bug with the AI's help.
Why: A's thread holds '6 fixes' and '4 versions of the component', and the reply reaches back for 'the setTimeout workaround again'.
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Room 5 · Iterating & feedback
Learn “Context rot” in a five-minute lesson