--- title: It won't be consistent. #coffeesoftware | daily.dev description: Organizations using LLMs to automate code upgrades face a consistency problem that compounds over time. While the first AI-driven upgrade may succeed with all... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/it-won-t-be-consistent-coffeesoftware-ertttz4zk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: It won't be consistent. #coffeesoftware | daily.dev og:description: Organizations using LLMs to automate code upgrades face a consistency problem that compounds over time. While the first AI-driven upgrade may succeed with all... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/it-won-t-be-consistent-coffeesoftware-ertttz4zk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eRtTTz4zK.png og:image:alt: It won't be consistent. #coffeesoftware 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. # It won't be consistent. #coffeesoftware **[Coffee \+ Software](https://daily.dev/sources/coffee-software)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Organizations using LLMs to automate code upgrades face a consistency problem that compounds over time. While the first AI-driven upgrade may succeed with all tests passing, each subsequent upgrade adds more code, causes repositories to diverge in structure and decisions, and increases review burden. 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