"Does code quality matter if LLMs can regenerate software from scratch?"
LLMs can't regenerate software from scratch. That's not a thing, nor is it ever likely to be.
But thanks for letting us know you're getting your information about LLMs from LinkedIn posts.
Jason Gorman
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