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Add 'Ask Open Questions, Not Leading Ones' technique and improve visibility
- Added new technique about avoiding LLM agreeability bias - Added active development indicator at top of README - Created CHANGELOG.md to track updates - Added .gitignore to exclude CLAUDE.md
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# Changelog
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All notable changes to the Coding with AI techniques collection are documented here.
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## September 5, 2025
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### Added
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- "Ask Open Questions, Not Leading Ones" technique - Avoid leading questions to counteract LLM's tendency to agree
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*This changelog follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) principles.*

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**Available Languages:** [English](README.md) | [Español](README-es.md) | [Deutsch](README-de.md) | [Français](README-fr.md) | [日本語](README-ja.md)
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> **Active Development** — Updated September 5, 2025
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> Latest: Added "Ask Open Questions, Not Leading Ones" technique
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> [See all updates →](CHANGELOG.md)
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**Last Updated:** September 4, 2025
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**Available Languages:** [English](README.md) | [Español](README-es.md) | [Deutsch](README-de.md) | [Français](README-fr.md) | [日本語](README-ja.md)
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> **Note:** For the best experience, visit the [website](https://codingwithai.dev) where you can see the popularity of each technique based on community engagement and discover which approaches developers find most valuable.
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> "I'll use prompts like `what are options for HTTP libraries in Rust? Include usage examples`"
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> [Simon Willison](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/11/using-llms-for-code/#:~:text=I'll%20use%20prompts%20like)
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### Ask Open Questions, Not Leading Ones
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Avoid 'Am I right that...' questions - instead ask for pros/cons, alternatives, and 'What am I missing?' to counteract LLM's tendency to agree.
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### Choose Boring, Stable Libraries
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Deliberately pick well-established libraries with good stability that existed before AI training cutoff dates for better AI code generation.

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