AI Prompts Are Code… Treat Them Like It
In a demo, a clever AI prompt is often just a line in a notebook or an API call. You tweak it until it works, then move on. In production, that “just a string” is business logic—and if it changes, so can your app’s behavior.
Prompts deserve the same discipline as any other code:
- Put them in version control.
- Test them with real user inputs.
- Track changes and be able to roll back.
- Document the reasoning behind them.
A demo prompt can be fragile because the stakes are low. In production, an untracked prompt change can quietly break features, cause bad outputs, or create compliance issues.
Treat your prompts like code from day one, and you’ll have fewer surprises – and more control – when your app goes live. Production prompting is different than demo prompting.
