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by TacticalCoder 16 days ago
> Weird bugs, surprising behaviors, spec ambiguities, library defects, mysterious test failures, etc. Stuff that requires intense debugging and building out a mental map of code that might not even be yours. LLMs excel at this kind of thing

I've noticed that too. And I think it's no surprise we see lots of "728 security exploits found by LLMs in project X" posts.

They excel at what you mention.

I also think that, as of 2026, they suck fat balls at writing code.