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Auditing typically means tracing the logical path. How do you suggest to do this with an LLM?
I am definitely taking his words literally which is why I disagree with just this one point.
You don't have to do everything with the LLM. Tracing the logical path very much still happens by looking at the code in your editor.
This is also why I'm saying it isn't much faster. Understanding the existing code and what changes are necessary is the bulk of the work when handwriting code as well.
You *can* tell the LLM to go ham and implement the change on its own and then only look at the diff afterwards, but anyone who thinks they understand the code changes then, is lying to themselves IMHO.