Published May 3, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the crossroads of technology and creativity, covering areas like photography, video editing, and graphic design. Outside of work, you'll often find Nolen diving into a good book, writing their own stories, or playing video games. I have a bad habit of over-explaining things to Claude. I'd write these long-winded prompts trying to describe something, and often just talking in circles. This involves typing prompts that are almost as long as short stories, but also lots of copy-pasting text from web pages or notes apps, or downloading the whole page as a PDF to then upload to the chat for reference. All because I want Claude to have the full picture. It's not like this doesn't work, there just had to be a more efficient way to handle it . The fix was so obvious it's a little embarrassing how long it took me to fully take advantage of it.…