The Breakpoint [2026-01-20] - Prompt engineering best practices

Meow world, welcome back to The Breakpoint, a weekly thread on all things dev tools on Product Hunt.

The latest

Recent dev-first products launched on the site

• @1Code is an open-source Cursor-like UI for @Claude Code

• @Recent.dev notifies you about the latest changelog updates in real-time

• @cubic launched 2.0 to help you read, trust, and merge AI-generated code

• @Sled lets you run your coding agent from your phone with your voice - powered by @Layercode

• @Simpl. is an elegant, browsable UI for your Postgres projects

Prompt engineering best practices?

In this thread, Ilia is discussing prompt engineering best practices: how/where to save and organize your prompts, how to improve them overtime, depending on the models. Contributions highlight the importance of a spec-driven approach, starting with the expected outcomes then breaking down step-by-step the different dependencies.

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The job board

Recent dev-first products launched on the site—that are actively hiring. No affiliation, most of them are hiring across the board. Supported by DatoCMS.

• @Aikido Security is hiring a Developer Content Writer, in London UK

• @cubic is hiring a Founding Product Engineer, in London UK

• @Dub is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, remote WW

• @Kilo Code is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, remote EU

• @Mastra is hiring a Core Engineer, remote US

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