Structure Tax paper: field order in JSON output measurably affects LLM performance
BlackHC · x · 2026-10-14
The paper Structure Tax: How Structured Output affects LLMs Performance finds that field order matters a lot when LLMs output JSON: reasoning-first beats answer-first, because without an explicit reasoning mode, any reasoning generated after the answer is mere post-rationalization rather than actual thinking. A practical reminder for anyone relying on structured output.
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