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pllbnktoday at 3:18 PM3 repliesview on HN

The problem partially is that AI can also fix AI slop. At this point I am in doubt whether code quality matters anymore in most non-critical software. You can ask an LLM if the code has quality issues and refactor to a _better_ version. It will reason through, prepare a plan and refactor. So now with this "better" code you can expect that your LLM will be able to deliver higher quality results but that's all the quality that is needed.

Actually, at this point I feel that the value in software engineering is moving from coding to testing and quality assurance.


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ezekgtoday at 3:49 PM

In my experience, an LLM "refactoring" autonomously doesn't actually improve code quality, it simply reorganizes the mess into a new mess.

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bcrosby95today at 3:30 PM

Sure, but also, AI will always find issues. It will never be mildly satisfied with the codebase and say so.

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otabdeveloper4today at 5:46 PM

> AI can also fix AI slop

No it can't.

AI knows nothing about software engineering, all it can do is generate code.

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