Six Years Of Prompt Engineering

An ecosystem of specialised tools emerged to support prompt development, testing, and deployment.

Cobus Greyling
2 min readNov 15, 2024

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The community has really standardising prompt patterns and best practices, much like traditional software design patterns.

While organisations integrated prompt engineering into their existing software development lifecycles.

This integration necessitated the creation of sophisticated versioning and management systems to track prompt iterations and their performance.

Finally, enterprise-grade frameworks emerged, offering structured approaches to prompt development, testing, and deployment at scale, complete with governance controls and audit capabilities.

One could say that these developments shows prompt engineering’s evolution from an experimental technique to a critical enterprise capability.

Chief Evangelist @ Kore.ai | I’m passionate about exploring the intersection of AI and language. From Language Models, AI Agents to Agentic Applications, Development Frameworks & Data-Centric Productivity Tools, I share insights and ideas on how these technologies are shaping the future.

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Cobus Greyling
Cobus Greyling

Written by Cobus Greyling

I’m passionate about exploring the intersection of AI & language. www.cobusgreyling.com

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