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LLMs as Code Quality Tools, Not Just Speed Boosters
May 25, 2026
The central argument is that LLMs are equally effective for deliberate, high-quality code review and bug-finding as for rapid code generation, citing LLM agents' demonstrated ability to surface large volumes of bugs in existing codebases.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou can reframe LLM coding tools as slow, thorough code-quality assistants rather than fast slop generators — the same agents used for speed can be repurposed for systematic bug discovery.