https://blog.roadrunner.motorcycles/programming/Recent content in Programming on RoadrunnerHugoen-usWed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.roadrunner.motorcycles/programming/stop_the_slop/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.roadrunner.motorcycles/programming/stop_the_slop/<h1 id="ramblings-about-llms-from-a-guy-on-the-frontlines-banging-his-head-on-the-wall">Ramblings about LLMs from a guy on the frontlines banging his head on the wall</h1> <p>Over the past 6 months, I&rsquo;ve had a dramatic change of heart regarding the use of generative AI for software development. Partially this has been caused by newer and better models such as Opus 4.8, but mostly because I made the leap from using a chat window within VSCode to using Claude Code on the terminal. I started by occasionally asking questions on the web interface of ChatGPT and being dissapointed when it hallucinated about the relatively niche library I was using, and from the introduction of GPT3 to the beginning of 2026, this was my experience of LLMs and it was sorely unimpressive.</p>