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mNovaktoday at 5:08 AM1 replyview on HN

While this example is explicitly asking for a port (thus a copy), I also find in general that LLM's default behavior is to spit out new code from their vast pre-trained encyclopedia, vs adding an import to some library that already serves that purpose.

I'm curious if this will implicitly drive a shift in the usage of packages / libraries broadly, and if others think this is a good or bad thing. Maybe it cuts down the surface of upstream supply-chain attacks?


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MangoToupetoday at 5:50 AM

As a corollary, it might also increase the surface of upstream supply-chain attacks (patched or not)

The package import thing seems like a red herring

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