Where is this coming from? I don’t think an LLM can code at the level of a recent cs grad unless it’s piloted by a cs grad.

Maybe you’ve had much better luck than me, but coding LLMs seem largely useless without prior coding knowledge.

I’m not above slinging a little spaghetti if it pays the bills.

In my experience, they’re better at poking holes in code than writing it, whether that’s green or brownfield.

I’ve tried to get it to make sections of changes for me, and it feels very productive, but when I time myself I find I spend probably more time correcting the LLM’s work than if I’d just written it myself.

But if you ask it to judge a refactor, then you might actually get one or two good points. You just have to really be careful to double check its assertions if you’re unfamiliar with anything, because it will lead you to some real boners if you just follow it blindly.