Tools built around current model gaps become obsolete in six months, warns dev
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-15
Developer Rex Douglass shares a counterintuitive lesson: every time someone builds tooling around the gaps of the current generation of models, those gaps become irrelevant within six months. His example: an OCR-to-Markdown file operation workflow he built three years ago to patch model weaknesses is now unnecessary. The takeaway is to design around evolving model capabilities rather than cementing today's limitations.
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