Prompt Tips & Tricks
Practical tips and tricks for writing better prompts for AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Midjourney.
20 articles
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10 tips for writing video prompts that actually follow your intent
A practical, model-agnostic way to prompt text-to-video so you get controllable shots, consistent subjects, and fewer rerolls.
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How to Prompt Nano Banana (Gemini 3 Pro Image): The Few Patterns That Actually Matter
A practical way to prompt Nano Banana for image generation and editing-without cargo-culting camera specs or fighting the model.
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How to Prompt the Best Way (Without Turning It Into a Weird Ritual)
A practical, evidence-backed way to write prompts that ship: clear goals, strong context, tight output contracts, and an iterative loop.
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What Is a Prompt? The Input That Turns an LLM Into a Tool
A practical definition of "prompt" for developers-plus what actually belongs in one, why it works, and how to write prompts that don't fall apart.
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How to Generate Images in 2026: Prompting Like a System, Not a Poet
In 2026, great image generation is about constraints, iterative edits, and tool choice-not vibes. Here's a practical workflow and prompts.
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The Latest LLM Prompt Updates (Early 2026): What Changed, Why It Matters, and How I'd Update My Prompts
Early-2026 prompt changes aren't about clever phrasing-they're about evaluation loops, structured outputs, and surviving model upgrades without prompt drift.
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How Prompts Changed in 2026: From Clever Wording to Testable Systems
In 2026, prompting stopped being copy-paste poetry and became an engineering discipline: evals, security boundaries, and prompt-as-code.
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ChatGPT prompt for photo editing: the only template I use (and why it works)
A practical, developer-friendly prompt template for editing real photos with ChatGPT-plus examples for retouching, background swaps, and product shots.
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How ChatGPT Works (Without the Hand-Wavy Magic)
A practical, engineer-friendly tour of what's under the hood: tokens, transformers, attention, decoding, and why alignment changes what you see.
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Keeping Context in a Prompt: The 3-Layer Pattern That Stops Long Chats From Derailing
A practical way to preserve context in prompts using a stable brief, rolling memory, and focused task blocks-without blowing your token budget.
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How to Keep Context in a Prompt (Without Writing a Novel)
A practical, system-level approach to preserving context: pin what matters, summarize what doesn't, and route memory on purpose.
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How to Write Prompts for Claude 4.5: A Practical Playbook for Getting Reliable Outputs
A developer-friendly guide to prompting Claude 4.5 with structure, guardrails, and iteration loops that actually hold up in real work.
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How to Write Prompts for Sora 2: The Spec That Turns "Cool Video" Into Something You Can Ship
A practical, developer-minded way to prompt Sora 2: treat prompts like specs, lock constraints early, iterate in layers, and avoid the usual drift.
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How to Write Prompts for Veo 3: A Developer's Playbook for Getting the Shot You Actually Want
Veo 3 prompting isn't poetry-it's spec-writing. Here's how I structure prompts to control subject, camera, motion, and style reliably.
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How to Write Video Prompts That Actually Direct the Camera (Not Just Describe a Vibe)
A practical, opinionated framework for writing text-to-video prompts: story beats, shot specs, motion rules, and iteration loops.
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What Is Prompt Engineering? A Practical Definition (and Why It's Not Just "Asking Nicely")
Prompt engineering is the craft of designing inputs, constraints, and feedback loops so LLMs behave reliably. Here's what it is and how it works.
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What Is Prompt Engineering? A Practical Definition (and Why It's Not Just "Writing Better Prompts")
Prompt engineering is the discipline of designing, testing, and maintaining prompts as interfaces to LLM behavior-like programming, but in natural language.
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AI prompts vs. generative AI prompts: the difference that actually changes your outputs
Most "AI prompts" are requests. Generative AI prompts are specs. Here's how to think about the difference and write both types on purpose.
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Chain-of-Thought Prompting in 2026: When "Think Step by Step" Helps (and When It Backfires)
A practical, opinionated guide to chain-of-thought prompting-why it works, where it fails, and how to use it without getting fooled.
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How to Write Prompts for ChatGPT: The Only Structure I Use (and Why It Works)
A practical, developer-friendly way to write ChatGPT prompts that stay on-task, reduce drift, and produce usable outputs.