Claude Code for C++/Qt development

[Sean Reifschneider]

234,340 is my high score to try for.  :-)

Sean

On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 8:35 AM Mike Loseke <mike.loseke at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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