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Prompt engineering, tested on real models
Every post here is written by someone on the HotPrompt team who has personally tested the prompts on real chat / image / video models before we hit publish. We name the tools, log the runs, and link the primary sources. No copy-pasted vibes.
AI image & video
Tung Tung Tung Sahur Prompt — the prompts we used to render the viral Italian brainrot character (2026 guide)
Tung Tung Tung Sahur is the most-watched character from the 2025 Italian brainrot wave — an anthropomorphic kentongan slit drum holding a baseball bat, born on Indonesian TikTok. We rendered it in three image models and animated it in three video models. Here's what works, what gets refused, and the prompts we'd actually paste.
The HotPrompt editorial team · 11 min readPrompt engineering
ChatGPT Face Analysis Prompt — what actually works (we tested 6 variants on the same selfie)
The viral 'upload your selfie and let ChatGPT analyse your face' trend keeps surfacing on LinkedIn and TikTok. Most copy-pasted prompts produce mush. After testing 6 variants on the same headshot across four models, the structured prompt wins by a mile — and the unstructured one frequently refuses. Here's the version we actually ship.
The HotPrompt editorial team · 12 min read