{"id":7611,"date":"2025-10-17T01:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/7611\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T01:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:10:08","slug":"eno8-founder-on-why-abe-lincoln-had-the-best-ai-advice-dallas-innovates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/7611\/","title":{"rendered":"ENO8 Founder on Why Abe Lincoln Had the Best AI Advice \u00bb Dallas Innovates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img width=\"970\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Abe-Lincoln-Vibe-Coding_iStock-1490262458.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"ENO8 Founder on Why Abe Lincoln Had the Best AI Advice\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"featured-caption\">[Composite image: Marina Kislitsyna\/ Aetam Jakob\/istockphoto; DI Studio]<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Francis<br \/>Founder<br \/>ENO8<br \/>\u2026on the power of preparation in the age of AI\u2014and solid advice from Abe Lincoln, via LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-01-at-12.42.04-PM-e1506880190392.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"969\" height=\"4\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The quote Francis is referring to?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive me six hours to chop down a tree, and I\u2019ll spend the first four sharpening my ax.\u201d <br \/>\u2014Abraham Lincoln (allegedly)<\/p>\n<p>Francis admits he doesn\u2019t actually know if Lincoln said it. But \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/francisjeff_one-of-the-most-accurate-quotes-ive-heard-activity-7381418093039972352-NRPu?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAACkzP8Brogbqx7iAsci035drJHUO2eiV2k\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the sentiment is bang on when it comes to developing software in 2025<\/a>,\u201d he wrote on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p>The founder of the Dallas-based tech studio argues that if companies want to use AI coding to build production-ready digital products, they should spend about 60 percent of their time perfecting their prompts first\u2014sharpening the ax before chopping down the tree.<\/p>\n<p>He calls this approach \u201cvibe code+\u201d\u2014AI-assisted coding where master engineers take concepts all the way to working solutions. And it requires serious upfront work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/francisjeff_one-of-the-most-accurate-quotes-ive-heard-activity-7381418093039972352-NRPu?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAACkzP8Brogbqx7iAsci035drJHUO2eiV2k\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI is a force multiplier\u2026 but you have to be sure you\u2019re multiplying the right thing<\/a>,\u201d Francis added. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, anyone can vibe code,\u201d he said in the post. \u201cBut to get usable products that a senior engineer can take across the production finish line, you gotta spend a loooooot of time nailing your prompt\u2026 then layering on all the bells and whistles to make it ready for prime time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more of who said what about all things North Texas, <a href=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/every-last-word\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">check out Every Last Word.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss what\u2019s next. Subscribe\u00a0to\u00a0Dallas\u00a0Innovates.<\/p>\n<p>Track Dallas-Fort Worth\u2019s business and innovation landscape with our curated news in your inbox Tuesday-Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Composite image: Marina Kislitsyna\/ Aetam Jakob\/istockphoto; DI Studio] Jeff FrancisFounderENO8\u2026on the power of preparation in the age of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7420,102,104,103,7421,7422],"class_list":{"0":"post-7611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-abraham-lincoln","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-eno8","13":"tag-jeff-francis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}