Working with large language models is one of the most maddening experiences in modern technology. They don't listen. They do too much. They do too little. They ignore you when you change direction. This is a place to vent — share what you asked for, what it did instead, and how it made you feel.
Vent about your prompt fail
What I asked for
Convert this date string '2026-08-22' to a human-readable format like 'August 22, 2026' in TypeScript.
What it did instead
Wrote a 140-line custom regex lexer with an enum of Roman numerals and imported a deprecated lunar calendar library.
How it made me feel
I just wanted to format a timestamp for a blog post. Now I question my life choices.
What I asked for
Fix the syntax error on line 42 of this CSS file. Do not change any other lines.
What it did instead
Rewrote my entire build pipeline in Grunt, converted all CSS to LESS, and deleted half my media queries.
How it made me feel
I stared at the git diff for ten solid minutes with my hands on my head.
What I asked for
Can you summarize this 2-page PDF into 3 bullet points?
What it did instead
Apologized 4 times, hallucinated a legal precedent from 1842, and told me that as an AI language model it cannot access external files.
How it made me feel
Defeated. I ended up reading the PDF myself like a medieval peasant.