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Why I Prefer Opinionated Frameworks When Using LLMs

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0600

The more I use LLMs to write code in today’s brave new world, the more I appreciate old opinionated frameworks like Ruby on Rails. While I can’t say for certain if LLMs write better code using these frameworks, the output is certainly far easier to reason about in your head.

Since LLMs reduce the cost of writing code to near zero, there’s a tendency to move much faster and write more lines of code, which can lead to a drop in understanding what’s happening in a code base. And that’s dangerous over time.

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Why I Prefer Opinionated Frameworks When Using LLMs