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I think 'context engineering' and 'prompt engineering' set poor mental models for doing it well. A better term, for a number of reasons, would be 'context authoring'. I feel like writing a blog post on this.

Change happens. New tools appear. AI is the latest (huge) example of that. As change blows through, I believe that fundamental understanding is an anchor. The safest most assured way to have a long, enjoyable dev career. That's why I teach what I teach the way I teach it.

Current status: lectures on how LLMs work and how understanding that enables you and your team to use them well in AI-assisted software development. Coming to @udemy.

You shouldn’t think of prompts as “instructions”. LLMs aren’t deterministic systems, they’re pattern matchers. Think of prompts as just another form of context. A more immediate context, yes, but a part of the whole.

I have multiple courses in production…but work has begun on my first AI course (the first of a few). It will be a fundamentals course on effectively using Generative AI for software development, starting from first principles of how AI works. Stay tuned.

(2/2) If you stop anthropomorphizing the LLM and start treating it like the pattern matching technology that it is, you’ll get much better results.

(1/2) The biggest mistake I see people making in code generation with AI is treating the AI like it understands. You aren’t having a conversation. You’re setting up a multi-dimensional vector space for the system to pattern match against.

I'm looking to massively update my React course landing page. I don't think I'm currently selling the true value of an under-the-hood, source-code-level course. Looking for honest feedback on it's current state. Thoughts welcome! I can take it!

LLMs don't lie. To lie implies you know the truth.

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If you haven't dived into my full React course, I'm happy to announce a new < 2hr quick but deep dive React course on Udemy! It will get your feet wet into understanding React deeply, plus we talk getting good outputs from LLMs when generating React code. 👇

Web devs: What do you want to learn right now?. AI is all the rage. Fundamentals are more important than ever (you need to understand generated code). LLMs aren’t great a new things either and new tools and frameworks continue to arrive. So…what do you want to learn right now?.

Uh-oh Claude is down. I guess that now means all software development stops.

I have a lot of accessibility experience, but I haven't taught it much outside of my HTML/CSS course. Been thinking it would make good additional training on top of my React course. A workshop or even an add-on module. Would you or your teams be interested?.

6/6 If you're organizing a group that could benefit from this, I'm genuinely excited to hear about what you're building. Drop me a line at hey@tonyalicea.dev with details about your program. #ReactTraining #Education #CommunityLearning #WebDevelopment.

5/6 17 hours covering React internals, updated for React 19, with a focus on understanding rather than just following along. Students walk away with mental models that serve them throughout their careers.

4/6 The course centers on building real understanding of how React works internally - the kind of foundation that creates confident developers who can tackle any challenge.

3/6 🎓 Whether you're:. - Running a bootcamp program.- Organizing a student study group.- Leading a community coding initiative.- Building educational curricula. I'd love to help bring deep React training to your students.