Quoting Kyle Kingsbury

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In Jepsen's results for ParticleDB 1.1.4, Kyle Kingsbury noted that widespread LLM use is eroding trust in documentation, software, and the organizations that produce them, as signals once used to judge a system's maturity are now easier to fake. He raised the question of how maintainers can ensure software is correct, documentation is accurate, and prove that quality to users.

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1st November 2026

More broadly, the use of LLMs erodes trust in documentation, in software, and in the organizations which produce them. Perhaps engineers will begin to treat any new software project with suspicion—the signals we used to rely on as markers of a mature system are now easier to counterfeit. [...]

In the age of LLMs, what can maintainers do to ensure correct software and accurate documentation? Having done that work, how can they demonstrate its quality to users?

— Kyle Kingsbury, Jepsen results for ParticleDB 1.1.4

Source: Simon Willison · simonwillison.net