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LLMs increase the complexity of codebases. They duplicate methods, write overdefensive code against impossible edge cases, & overoptimize too early. Can further training fix this? Naur's “Programming as Theory Building” says no. -- @pol_avec https://t.co/HGPfSSejFY 1/
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