Stop Writing try/except Around Your LLM Calls: Structured Outputs in 2026
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Anyone who shipped an LLM feature before 2026 knows the ritual. Write "return valid JSON only" in the prompt. Wrap the parse in a try block. Add a retry for the runs where the model opened with "Sure! Here's your JSON:" and wrapped everything in a markdown fence. Maybe strip fences with a regex. Th…
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Stop Writing try/except Around Your LLM Calls: Structured Outputs in 2026