--- title: The Good & The Bad When Using LLMs To Write Spack Packages description: A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher presented findings at the HPSF 2026 conference on using LLMs to write Spack packages. The key takeaway is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-good-the-bad-when-using-llms-to-write-spack-packages-dppxbwqmr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Good & The Bad When Using LLMs To Write Spack Packages | daily.dev og:description: A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher presented findings at the HPSF 2026 conference on using LLMs to write Spack packages. The key takeaway is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-good-the-bad-when-using-llms-to-write-spack-packages-dppxbwqmr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DppXbWqMR.png og:image:alt: The Good & The Bad When Using LLMs To Write Spack Packages 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. # The Good & The Bad When Using LLMs To Write Spack Packages **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher presented findings at the HPSF 2026 conference on using LLMs to write Spack packages. The key takeaway is that LLMs can effectively generate Spack packages when given structured guidance, representative examples, and human oversight. The exploration also revealed opportunities to improve Spack itself. 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