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You seem to be arguing a point I never made: I never claimed LLMs are "dangerous", nor that crappy code only comes out of LLMs. They are just a tool, and I agree it is the responsibility of the developer wielding them to produce good work with (or without) them — this was never disputed.

I don't have any issue with someone using an LLM but I have not observed any efficiency gain from those who do — that's my entire point, and the biggest selling point for using coding assistants. I've either seen them produce "crappy code" faster (which, ultimately, they could do by hand as well), or be slower than doing their work "manually".

At the same time, I disagree about teams producing lousy PRs being mismanaged by definition: there are circumstances where doing that is warranted (LLM or no LLM), as long as the long term direction is improving (less crappy code over time). There are plenty of nuances there too.



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