Claude Code for C++/Qt development

[Mike Loseke]

Nice, Sean! Teapot is the best result from AI I've seen so far! I will
spend entirely too much time with this..

On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM Sean Reifschneider via NCLUG <
nclug at nclug.org> wrote:

> I would try using Claude Code directly, I've entirely stopped using an IDE
> and just directly talk to the agents.  I'd likely set it on Fable if you've
> got it, Opus if not, on Ultracode effort for building a new program.
>
> I haven't tried any GUI development from the ground up with Claude, but I
> did have it port some ancient code from GTK2 to GTK4 a couple months ago
> for an Internet friend and it seemed to do a great job.  That was starting
> with an existing codebase though.
>
> I lean more towards CLI tools and web apps, I did a test last week of a
> new development loop and basically just said "Make a web-based Tempest
> clone" and gave it the Wikipedia page for Tempest, here's the result:
> https://linsomniac.github.io/teapot/
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM Phil Marsh via NCLUG <nclug at nclug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>> I was wondering if anyone here could offer some advice on using Claude
>> Code for C++ development using the Qt library? I now use QtCreator for the
>> IDE but attempts to use Qode Assistant to integrate Claude Code were
>> frustrating at best and it threw strange errors. Apparently Qode Assistant
>> isn't compatible with Qtcreator.
>> I will try Clion instead as I think that might integrate with Claude Code.
>> Or I could just use Claude Code standalone. What do you think is the best
>> solution here?
>> Thanks!
>> Phil
>>
>
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