alt Hacker News> "nobody knows what the code means, or has a mental model for how it's supposed to operate"
> Believing you know how LLM-generated code works, and why it works, is not the same as that actually being the case
This is a strawman argument which I'm not really interested to engage. You can assume competence. (In a scenario where one doesn't make these mistakes, what's left in your argument? It is a sufficiently strong claim to say these cannot be avoided such that it is reasonable to dismiss the claim unless supporting evidence is provided. In other words, the solution is as simple as not making these mistakes.) As I wrote up-thread, including the code is a choice and one should be mindful of it.
I am assuming competence. Competent people make these mistakes.
If "assume competence" means "assume that people do not make the mistakes they are observed to make", then why write tests? Wherefore bounds checking? Pilots are competent, so pre-flight checklists are a waste of time. Your doctor's competent: why seek a second opinion? Being mindful involves compensating for these things.
It's possible that you're just that good – that you can implement a solution "as simple as not making these mistakes" –, in which case, I'd appreciate if you could write up your method and share it with us mere mortals. But could it also be possible that you are making these mistakes, and simply haven't noticed yet? How would you know if your understanding of the program didn't match the actual program, if you've only tested the region in which the behaviours of both coincide?