Post #309606
2026-01-23 12:21 UTC
coders are now using LLMs to do the work of static analysis tools that have existed for over a decade. i find it a little unsettling how so many people are apparently unaware of their existence. imagine if they had been pushed onto users with the fervour that AI is now being pushed onto people. Google even wrote one of the earliest ones. where was the hype about the productivity benefits?
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@mrsbeanbag@ieji.de 2026-01-23 12:34
of course the difference is, a static analysis tool can make a coder more productive, but an LLM can make them redundant. apparently our lords and masters prefer the latter.
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@evilpaul_atebit@icosahedron.website 2026-01-23 12:32
@mrsbeanbag ESLint is still (AFAIK) heavily used by JS/TS projects and it's mature and it's pretty damn good. I expect a lot of projects are probably even using it without really realising. Hmmm... I wonder where the LLMs got their rules from? 🤔
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@Flux@wandering.shop 2026-01-23 15:28
@mrsbeanbag The problem was the hideous installation and configuration. The LLM is just there with zero configuration overhead.