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class="mod-meta"> <span class="mod-meta-item">⏱ 13 min read</span> <span class="mod-meta-item">📝 Assignment inside</span> <span class="mod-meta-item">Requires Module 2.1</span> </div> </div> <p>You have already been using role prompting since Module 2.1 — every time you wrote &ldquo;You are a senior Python developer&hellip;&rdquo; at the start of a prompt, that was role prompting. This module goes deeper: what exactly makes a role effective, when it genuinely improves output, and — critically — when it can actually hurt the quality of your results.</p> https://chandrashaker.in/courses/genai/unit2/module-2-4-common-prompt-mistakes/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://chandrashaker.in/courses/genai/unit2/module-2-4-common-prompt-mistakes/ <style> /* ── Module progress bar ─────────────────────────────────────── */ .mod-progress-wrap{background:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius:8px;padding:12px 16px;margin-bottom:20px} .mod-progress-header{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;margin-bottom:8px;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:6px} .mod-progress-title{font-size:12px;font-weight:700;color:#555;letter-spacing:0.04em} .mod-progress-bg{height:6px;background:#e0e0e0;border-radius:3px;margin-bottom:10px} .mod-progress-fill{height:6px;border-radius:3px;background:#FF8C00;transition:width 0.3s ease} 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You now have three modules of prompt engineering theory behind you. This module is about what goes wrong when you apply it, and how to fix it fast.</p>