# Tagged for OEG Connect: 7 Guiding Principles for Working with LLMs - The New Stack

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**Created:** [January 15, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/tagged-for-oeg-connect-7-guiding-principles-for-working-with-llms-the-new-stack/6305 "2024-01-15T23:32:21Z")
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### Author: ![cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/user_avatar/connect.oeglobal.org/cogdog/32/2_2.png) [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/tagged-for-oeg-connect-7-guiding-principles-for-working-with-llms-the-new-stack/6305/1 "2024-01-15T23:32:21Z")

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**What’s of interest?** 7 Guiding Principles for Working with LLMs - The New Stack

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Generative AI has revolutionized programming. Based on his own experience, Jon Udell codifies how to partner effectively with LLM assistants.

you don’t need a low-level understanding of the neural networks at the core of large language models in order to align with the grain of that architecture. Although I can’t explain how LLMs work — arguably nobody can — I’m able to use them effectively, and I’ve begun to codify a set of guiding principles. Here’s my list:

1. Think out loud

2. Never trust, always verify

3. Use a team of assistants

4. Ask for choral explanations

5. Outsource pattern recognition

6. Automate transformations

7. Learn by doing

**Where is it?** : [https://thenewstack.io/7-guiding-principles-for-working-with-llms/](https://thenewstack.io/7-guiding-principles-for-working-with-llms/)

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This is one among many items I will regularly [tag in Pinboard as oegconnect](https://pinboard.in/u:cogdog/t:oegconnect/), and automatically post tagged as #OEGConnect to [Mastodon](https://social.fossdle.org/tags/oegconnect). Do you know of something else we should share like this? Just reply below and we will check it out.