LLMs and almost good code (opens in new tab)

TL;DR: My new prior is that top-of-the-line LLMs working on easy tasks generate code that is maybe 10 % more complicated than necessary. I also think we accept this complexity too easily, because it comes from code that is right here, right now, solving an immediate problem. This may have consequences for maintenance in the long term.(The text of the LessWrong version of this article is lightly adjusted to fit a more general audience than my usual readership of software product developers.)Th...