Comment by CharlesW

Comment by CharlesW 4 days ago

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> LLM’s are fundamentally text generators, not verifiers.

In reality they work quite well for text and numeric (via tools) analysis, too. I've found them to be powerful tools for "linting" a codebase against adequately documented standards and architectural guidance, especially when given the use of type checkers, static analysis tools, etc.

skydhash 4 days ago

The value of an analysis is the decision that will be taken after getting the result. So will you actually fix the codebase or it’s just a nice report to frame and put on the wall?

  • CharlesW 4 days ago

    > So will you actually fix the codebase…

    Code quality improvements is the reason to do it, so *yes*. Of course, anyone using AI for analysis is probably leveraging AI for the "fix" part too (or at least I am).