Prompt files are the new dotfiles

If AI can write any code, then the real value is in understanding systems well enough to give the right instructions.

Top developers will focus on having great prompt files that explain how they work. The tools they like, the APIs they use. How they want code to be tested and written.

It will be the dot-files of the future. Personal config files that define your entire coding style and follow you from project to project.

Sure, you can copy someone else’s prompt files. But to really benefit, you need to understand and own them, just like traditional dotfiles.

Anyone can ask ChatGPT to write a React component. But not everyone knows how to ask for error handling, team patterns, and optimization for their users.