Stop Parsing LLM Junk: Zero-Latency JSON with Claude Prefill, Spring AI, and Java 26 Records

Stop Parsing LLM Junk: Zero-Latency JSON with Claude Prefill, Spring AI, and Java 26 Records Stop wasting precious CPU cycles and token budget on retry loops just because an LLM decided to wrap your JSON in markdown code blocks. In 2026, production-grade Java backends are achieving zero-latency, deterministic JSON parsing by forcing Claude's very first output token to be the opening brace of a Java 26 Record. Why Most Developers Get This Wrong The Retry Loop Anti-pattern: Relyin...