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YesDeepSeek · 7 May 2026

After resetting and improving my prompts it was able to get through it

deevus on Hacker News

In the thread “DeepSeek V4 Pro at 75% off until 31 May”

Helped: Resetting and improving prompts after initial failures.

Got in the way: Spun wheels on large mechanical changes initially.

… It spun its wheels a few times doing a large mostly mechanical change. After resetting and improving my prompts it was able to get through it. I'm using Matt Pocock's skills[1] for this work, which has been quite nice. …