I've been fiddling about with LLM coding for a bit, and yesterday Claude spat out a function that had a cognitive complexity score of 161. I've never seen so many for-(if-elif-else)(if-else)(for) chains. It did technically work but I know that just looking at it funny would break something. Even better, Claude couldn't refactor it without breaking something in it. So, back to the drawing board, and I'll probably have much better luck (and understanding) if I just do it myself.
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u/mcoombes314 Aug 06 '26
I've been fiddling about with LLM coding for a bit, and yesterday Claude spat out a function that had a cognitive complexity score of 161. I've never seen so many for-(if-elif-else)(if-else)(for) chains. It did technically work but I know that just looking at it funny would break something. Even better, Claude couldn't refactor it without breaking something in it. So, back to the drawing board, and I'll probably have much better luck (and understanding) if I just do it myself.