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Friday, March 13, 2026

Are LLM Code Merge Rates Actually Improving? The Data Says No

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Despite climbing SWE-bench scores, analysis suggests LLM-generated PRs aren't getting merged at higher rates in practice — raising hard questions about whether benchmarks reflect real-world developer utility.

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