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LLMs have flat out made up functions that don't exist when I've used them for coding help. Was not useful, did not point me in a good direction, and wasted my time.
Sure, they certainly can hallucinate things. But some models are way better than others at a given task, so it's important to find a good fit and to learn to use the tool effectively.
We have three different models at work, and they work a lot differently and are good at different things.
You need to actively have the relevant code in context.
I use it to describe code from shitty undocumented libraries, and my local models can explain the code well enough in lieu of actual documentation.