Claude Code for C++/Qt development

[Mike Loseke]

I'll check these out too but Tempest definitely will get some pay time!

On Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 6:12 PM Sean Reifschneider <jafo00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> LOSEKE!  Kristen and I were just talking about you a couple weeks ago; we
> had a meeting
> icebreaker about "if you could drive any vehicle what would it be" and she
> said tank.
>
> Here are some others you might like, some better than others:
>
> Rally-X: https://linsomniac.github.io/rally-xy/
> Dig-Dug: https://linsomniac.github.io/digger/
> Spy Hunter: https://linsomniac.github.io/spychaser/
>
> Spy Hunter is kind of a homage, and barely so, but I also just gave it the
> wikipedia page and said "build something like this",
> and this was its first attempt.  TeaPot I think is the best attempt so
> far, and was only slightly more than "here is the wikipedia
> page, build a web page implementation of it.
>
> Hope all is well with you.
>
> Sean
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 10:58 AM Mike Loseke <mike.loseke at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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