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#coding #debugging #tests

coding Advanced

Untangle a Function Whose Tests Pass But Behavior Is Wrong

I have a function where the tests pass but production reports it's behaving wron...

#hr #manager #compensation

hr Intermediate

Coach a New Manager Through Their First Salary Conversation

I'm coaching a first-time manager who has to deliver a [raise / promotion / no-c...

#email #vendor-management #difficult-conversations

Email: Tell a Vendor We're Switching Without Burning the Bridge

Write an email to a vendor we've worked with for [TIME] telling them we're movin...

customer-service Intermediate

Customer-Service: Respond to a Bad Review That's Half Wrong and Half Fair

We got a public review: [PASTE]. Half of it is factually wrong; half is a real p...

#customer-service #reputation #reviews

#email #vendor-management #offboarding

Tell a Vendor You're Leaving Without Burning the Bridge

I need to email a vendor we've used for three years to tell them we're moving to...

#hr #layoff #difficult-conversation

hr advanced

Run a layoff conversation that treats the person like an adult

Act as an HR leader who has run too many layoff conversations and seen them done...

#finance #board-reporting #cfo

finance advanced

Build a board pack that does not bury the bad number on slide 14

Act as a CFO who has both built and reviewed bad board packs. Help me design a p...

#board #miss #communication

finance Advanced

Build a board update that explains a miss without losing the room

You're a CFO who has presented bad numbers to a board before. We missed the quar...

customer-service Intermediate

Say no to a customer request without losing the customer

You're a customer success lead. A customer is asking for something we cannot or ...

#difficult-requests #saying-no #policy

#education #teaching #pedagogy

education Intermediate

Education: Teach a Concept I Understand But Have Never Had to Explain

I need to teach [CONCEPT] to [AUDIENCE — students, new hires, non-experts] and I...

#creative #brainstorming #ideation

creative Intermediate

Generate ideas that aren't just permutations of the same idea

I want to brainstorm ideas for [topic / problem / project]. Most AI brainstorm s...

#legal #copyright #takedown

legal Intermediate

Draft a takedown notice that doesn't read like a threat

Someone copied our content (text + structure) onto their site. I want them to ta...

#coding #architecture #microservices

coding Advanced

Decide whether to extract a service from your monolith yet

Act as a software architect. We have a [LANGUAGE]/[FRAMEWORK] monolith and a tea...

#email #declining #relationship-management

email intermediate

Decline an invitation without burning the relationship or sounding evasive

Act as a communication coach for executives. I need to decline an invitation fro...

productivity intermediate

Set up a weekly review that survives the third week

Act as a productivity coach who has watched dozens of weekly-review systems coll...

#productivity #weekly-review #planning

finance Advanced

Stress-test a financial plan against a bad month

I'll describe my financial plan or runway. Run it against the month where things...

#finance #planning #risk

#email #cold-outreach #sales

Write a Personalized Cold Sales Email

You are a B2B copywriter who specializes in cold outreach that gets replies. Wri...

coding Advanced

Optimize a SQL Query for Speed

You are a database performance engineer. I will paste a slow SQL query and the t...

#coding #sql #database

productivity intermediate

Personal OKR Framework for Individual Contributors

Build a personal OKR framework for [your role] for Q[X] [Year]. Include: 1) How ...

#okr #goals #productivity

#finance #budget #personal

finance Intermediate

Stress-test a Personal Budget Against 3 Bad Scenarios

Take my monthly budget and stress-test it against: (1) job loss for 6 months, (2...

#education #assessment #pedagogy

education Advanced

Education: Write a Test Question That Measures Understanding, Not Memorization

I'm writing an assessment for [TOPIC, LEVEL]. Give me three question formats tha...

#email #change-management #internal-communication

Announce a process change people didn't ask for without sounding tone-deaf

We're rolling out a new expense reporting tool next month. The current process w...

productivity Intermediate

Build a habit that survives the week you don't feel like it

I want to build [habit]. Most advice covers the easy weeks; I need a plan for th...

#habits #consistency #minimum viable