Post #1214399
2026-02-28 17:14 UTC
@miguelgrinberg @hugovk So raising contributor productivity would be one, maybe the biggest, reason people use LLMs on CPython, especially for code changes that span a lot of tedious, mechanical work.
Submitting higher quality code is another: LLMs can do a (internal) pre-review of the PR, can tell you about details in the docs or the code you forgot about, can write comprehensive tests faster, etc.
About crediting, I think it's a transparent way to say "(some) of this was written by a tool".
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@miguelgrinberg@mstdn.social 2026-02-28 17:20
@danzin Relying on how Claude Code signs commits for crediting is extremely sloppy, if I'm allowed to speak my mind. When researching material for my article I had to find those commits and even though it wasn't hard, it wasn't trivial either. And besides, you are implying that there are more usages of LLMs for larger changes, and presumably those do not have Claude as co-author. What if someone uses another LLM? Those need to be easily searchable as well.