How hard it was to get quality LLM outputs 2-4 years ago, when harnesses were handwritten Python hairballs
gethackteam · x · 2026-10-15
- gethackteam reminds AI newcomers that getting quality outputs from LLMs 2-4 years ago was genuinely hard.
- Back then the harnesses were messy handwritten Python; today's seamless results reflect how far models and tooling have come.
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