Stop Fine-Tuning. Start Prompting. (Mostly.)

Teams jump to fine-tuning when a few well-chosen examples in the prompt would do.

I've shipped features with nothing but a couple of few-shot examples and a clear instruction, no training run.

Fine-tuning earns its cost when you need a consistent voice at huge volume or private behavior.

Below that line, it's a tax you pay for a problem prompting already solved.

Start with the prompt. Graduate to the retrain only when it actually fails.