I put together a free, open-source collection of text prompts that make AI impersonate 10 programming legends. The inspiration came when I asked an AI to impersonate Garry Tan to roast my startup idea and the honest feedback was surprisingly useful.

The prompts work by giving the AI specific context about each legend's communication style, technical philosophy, and personality traits. This pushes the AI beyond generic responses into more opinionated, stylized feedback that reflects their actual perspectives on code and architecture. Instead of "that's a great idea, but..." you get responses like "this is fundamentally broken because..." or "you're missing the point entirely..." - the kind of direct, opinionated feedback these legends are known for.

What it is: 1. Collection of prompts for 10 programming legends (not an AI tool itself) 2. Each prompt includes context about their communication style and technical views 3. Completely free and open source

Just copy-paste the prompts into any AI chat. The key is how the prompts frame the persona so there is enough context to make the AI adopt their actual communication patterns and technical stances.

Questions: 1. Have you tried persona-based prompting to get more opinionated responses? 2. Which programming legend would you want feedback from? 3. Do you think stylized prompts lead to better technical insights?

Would love to hear what you think!