I was born under a wanderin' star -- and now I build websites.

You have to be specific. Don't say 'make it bigger.' Say 'increase the font-size of the h1 element in the site header to 2.5rem.' The more precise, the more precise the result.

Specific. Right. And when I'm specific and it STILL does something weird? Last time I asked for a blue button and got a blue everything. Blue background, blue text on blue.

That happens when you don't give it enough context. Tell it about the existing styles, the colour scheme. Drop it into the project folder and let it read the CSS first.

That makes sense. Let it understand the lay of the land before you start asking it to change things. Like knowing your terrain before you set up camp.

Exactly. The Starter Kit approach is good for this -- you start with a template that's already structured, so the AI reads it and understands conventions immediately.

Conventions. Every time I learn one, they change it. Tables for layout, then divs, then flexbox, now grid. By the time I learn grid they'll invent something new.