Lesson 8 of 10 · Fine-Tuning vs Prompting: What to Choose
In this lesson. Lock in a checklist so the skill survives after the course ends.
What you will learn
- A minimum quality bar you can scan quickly
- Mistakes that undo good work under deadline pressure
- A 30-day practice plan with one artifact per week
Walkthrough
Skills fade when they stay in a course tab. This lesson turns Fine-Tuning vs Prompting: What to Choose into a repeatable habit: a quality bar you can check in two minutes, the mistakes that usually sneak back in, and a 30-day plan with one practice block a week. You will leave with a short checklist, not a vague intention to “use AI more.”
Work through the ideas in order. After each point, pause and connect it to a task you already do — a document, a workflow, or a feature you own. The goal of Fine-Tuning vs Prompting: What to Choose is usable skill, not a pile of notes.
If something is unclear, rewrite it in your own words before you continue. Teaching the step back to yourself is the fastest way to see gaps.
Practice
Write a one-page checklist for Fine-Tuning vs Prompting: What to Choose and schedule four practice blocks on your calendar.
Keep the first attempt small. A finished example you can reuse beats a perfect plan you never run.
Check your understanding
- Can you explain the goal of this lesson in one sentence to a teammate?
- Where would you apply “A minimum quality bar you can scan quickly” in your own work this week?
- What would you change on a second pass of the practice?
Next. Continue to the following lesson when the practice has a real artifact, even a rough one.