Reads

The Model vs. The System Prompt The model is the engine. Claude, GPT-4, Gemini — raw horsepower. How fast it thinks, how deep it reasons. Fixed. Under the hood. The system prompt is how you drive. Instructions, rules, personality, guardrails. Same engine. Completely different ride. The model sets the ceiling. The system prompt decides if you ever touch it. What the research shows Six AI coding agents. Same job — write code. All powerful models inside. Wildly different system prompts. Same

This is Ajay's Blog, a brand new site by Ajay Prem Shankar that's just getting started. Things will be up and running here shortly, but you can subscribe in the meantime if you'd like to stay up to date and receive emails when new content is published!