--- title: Even Fable 5 alone couldn't fix this | daily.dev description: A critical take on the limitations of LLMs in programming tasks, arguing that even the best AI models struggle with precision — failing to fix memory issues,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/even-fable-5-alone-couldn-t-fix-this-t4bulzva6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Even Fable 5 alone couldn't fix this | daily.dev og:description: A critical take on the limitations of LLMs in programming tasks, arguing that even the best AI models struggle with precision — failing to fix memory issues,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/even-fable-5-alone-couldn-t-fix-this-t4bulzva6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/t4buLzVA6.png og:image:alt: Even Fable 5 alone couldn't fix this og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Even Fable 5 alone couldn't fix this **[NeetCode](https://daily.dev/sources/neetcode)** · 1 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A critical take on the limitations of LLMs in programming tasks, arguing that even the best AI models struggle with precision — failing to fix memory issues, introducing new bugs, and producing code that may technically work but falls short on performance or security. The author emphasizes that these non-functional shortcomings are the hardest part of programming, and AI is no exception to that challenge. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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