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Prompt engineering is programming — treat it that way

Marian Baicuianu
AI Systems Architect · Entrepreneur
May 18, 20261 min read

Version control, diff review, unit tests, deployment gating. If your prompt does not have all four, it is not a system — it is a suggestion.

A minimum viable prompt runtime

  • Prompts live in a typed module, not a doc.
  • Every deploy runs the prompt against a golden set.
  • Every prompt has an owner and a changelog.
  • Every production call is logged with prompt hash, model, and cost.
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Marian Baicuianu
AI Systems Architect · Entrepreneur

Building intelligent systems for teams that ship. Writing at the intersection of AI, automation, and craft.

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