Loop & Harness EngineeringSimon Willison (citing Lütke, Karpathy)Simon WillisonAndrej KarpathyStatement

The term context engineering becomes established

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The term context engineering became established

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A contemporaneous record that pins down the generational handover from prompt engineering

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