GPT-5 GOES HARD ON REAL-WORLD PROGRAMMING

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GPT-5 appears to be incredibly adept at writing code that solves issues end-to-end. This post looks at how GPT-5 solved the problem of writing a parser for a complex binary format. The resulting code is usable and very performant. GPT-5 produces minimal, viable edits, and it is more steerable than previous models.