Comment by f1shy
Just last week I asked copilot to make a FastCGI client in C. It gave me 5 times code that did not compile. Afer some massaging I got it to compile, didn’t work. After some changes, works. No I say “i do not want to use libfcgi, just want a simple implementation”. After already one hour wrestling, I realize the whole thing blocks, I want no blocking calls… still half an hour later fighting, I’m slowly getting there. I see the code: a total mess.
I deleted all, wrote from scratch a 350 lines file which wotks.
Context engineering > vibe coding.
Front load with instructions, examples, and be specific. How well you write the prompt greatly determines the output.
Also, use Claude code not copilot.