Software task estimation using LLMs is fake research

· Shape Of Code · May 10, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
Summary
This blog post critiques the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) for software task estimation, arguing that they provide unreliable outputs for predicting implementation time. The author emphasizes the challenges developers face in estimation and suggests that reliance on LLMs as a solution is misguided due to their inherent limitations.
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