Matt Lane · Notes← All notes
2024-12-05 · Products & systems

What things have the fewest configurations where there will be a good fit?

Knowing which things are most sensitive, we can then select things that we know relate to the centers of the form of other structures well or not.

The whole comes first. Then gives birth to the parts by differentiating space in a sensible sequence.

Design (or prompting, or planning) isn’t about forcing disjointed pieces together. Instead, it’s about letting a coherent whole unfold in a natural sequence, starting with the most sensitive constraints and adding each new layer in a way that supports, rather than disrupts, what’s already there.

In AI prompting—just as in architecture or gardening or software design—this leads to more organic, purposeful, and satisfying results.