Six Months of LLM Developments: The November 2025 Inflection Point
By
yakkomajuri
Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
Summary
A lightning talk from PyCon US 2026 summarizing key developments in Large Language Models over the preceding six months, centered around what the author calls the "November 2025 inflection point." The talk covers major model releases, coding capabilities improvements, and the shifting landscape of LLM benchmarks and performance, with a particular focus on how November 2025 marked a critical turning point for LLMs, especially in coding tasks.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledSix months is a pretty convenient time period to cover, because it captures what I've been calling the November 2025 inflection point.
November was a critical month in LLMs, especially for coding.
The supposedly 'best' model (depending mostly on vibes) changed...
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