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Note on 18th September 2026

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Summary

This entry is a brief, sponsored blurb that offers a vague opinion on using LLMs for security scanning, without any concrete data or analysis. It links to other recent articles but adds no substantive content of its own.

  • The post is a sponsored note promoting Teleport’s LLM‑based codebase analysis, without presenting any results.
  • It only asserts that "quality > quantity" for finding security bugs, but provides no evidence or details.
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