alt Hacker NewsThey also very often do not actually read the fucking files! Even after specifying to „read in full the fucking files“. LLMs are so lazy, they take any shortcut they can.
Sorry, just thinking about it is reviving my frustration…
They also very often do not actually read the fucking files! Even after specifying to „read in full the fucking files“. LLMs are so lazy, they take any shortcut they can.
Sorry, just thinking about it is reviving my frustration…
Yeah, you gotta make em prove their work so they don't hallucinate.
Try "build a script to trace callers" and "cite each file and line that calls the function"
Won't fix everything but usually helps in my experience
Although you still run into hard-to-find things especially in dynamic/duck typed languages or codebases with heavy use of reflection or code bases used as libraries