{"id":1294,"date":"2026-08-29T09:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2026-08-29T09:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:37:33","slug":"the-language-llms-need-is-not-the-one-being-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/?p=1294","title":{"rendered":"The Language LLMs Need Is Not the One Being Built"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reefwing_a_machinists_gono-go_gauge_in_polished_steel_resting_618e8ea2-9113-430a-a5e8-cfb864d55aa1_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reefwing_a_machinists_gono-go_gauge_in_polished_steel_resting_618e8ea2-9113-430a-a5e8-cfb864d55aa1_1-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reefwing_a_machinists_gono-go_gauge_in_polished_steel_resting_618e8ea2-9113-430a-a5e8-cfb864d55aa1_1-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reefwing_a_machinists_gono-go_gauge_in_polished_steel_resting_618e8ea2-9113-430a-a5e8-cfb864d55aa1_1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reefwing_a_machinists_gono-go_gauge_in_polished_steel_resting_618e8ea2-9113-430a-a5e8-cfb864d55aa1_1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reefwing_a_machinists_gono-go_gauge_in_polished_steel_resting_618e8ea2-9113-430a-a5e8-cfb864d55aa1_1.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"400f\"><em>Vibe coding did not make the programming language irrelevant. It changed which properties of a language matter.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"9740\">While vibe coding my latest application I got to thinking about whether someone needed to create a computer language which explicitly targets LLMs. Assuming we get to a point where you don\u2019t need to review the underlying code (a big assumption I know), then does the language used matter as long as you get the required outcome?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a human never reads the code, the argument goes, why generate syntax built for human eyes at all? Proposals are being circulated for machine-native formats. For example, JSON programs, semantic graphs, and languages with grammars minimised for constrained decoding. The premise is that human readability is an obsolete requirement we can now delete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think the premise is wrong, but the question underneath it is good. There is real value in a language designed around how LLMs fail. It just looks nothing like a machine-native syntax, and the solution has already been found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/gitconnected\/the-language-llms-need-is-not-the-one-being-built-5a262e013bc1?sk=3cdab99334a15ea7a1403124f01158e6\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vibe coding did not make the programming language irrelevant. It changed which properties of a language matter. 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