Quick tips · Quick tip 22
Publish, wait, re-ask. Judge at week eight.
Fixed it yesterday. Nothing changed?
Publish, wait, re-ask. Judge at week eight. Answers move over weeks, not hours. Typically four to twelve.
Patience is part of the fix.
Why it matters
AI answers take weeks to move, typically four to twelve, so a fix judged the next day will look like it failed.
Do this today
- 1Publish the fix and note the date.
- 2Re-ask the question weekly, the same way each time.
- 3Judge at week eight; keep going to twelve before deciding it did not work.
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