> Don't be shy, give them a big task, let them build an entire app, UI and all..

I have found that a willingness to look like a temporary dumbass (primarily to yourself) is the largest predictor of success with pretty much everything.

What are the consequences of asking an LLM for the moon and receiving low earth orbit instead? Who cares if the proverbial rocket explodes on the pad? This is all happening entirely in a computer system completely under your control and likely at relatively low cost. No one else has to find out about your mistakes if you don't want them to.