My experience with LLM Code Review vs Deterministic SAST Security Tools
TLDR: LLMs generally perform better than existing SAST tools when you need to answer a subjective question that requires context (ie lots of ways to define one thing), but only as good (or worse) when looking for an objective, deterministic output. AI is all the hype commercially, but at the same time has a pretty negative sentiment from practitioners (at least in my experience). It's true there are lots of reason NOT to use AI but I wrote a blog post that tries to summarize what AI is actually good at in regards to reviewing code.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This content has been identified as promotional or non-threat material.
Potential Impact
No security impact - promotional content.
Mitigation Recommendations
No mitigation needed - not a security threat.
My experience with LLM Code Review vs Deterministic SAST Security Tools
Description
TLDR: LLMs generally perform better than existing SAST tools when you need to answer a subjective question that requires context (ie lots of ways to define one thing), but only as good (or worse) when looking for an objective, deterministic output. AI is all the hype commercially, but at the same time has a pretty negative sentiment from practitioners (at least in my experience). It's true there are lots of reason NOT to use AI but I wrote a blog post that tries to summarize what AI is actually good at in regards to reviewing code.
AI-Powered Analysis
Technical Analysis
This content has been identified as promotional or non-threat material.
Potential Impact
No security impact - promotional content.
Mitigation Recommendations
No mitigation needed - not a security threat.
Technical Details
- Source Type
- Subreddit
- netsec
- Reddit Score
- 3
- Discussion Level
- minimal
- Content Source
- reddit_link_post
- Domain
- blog.fraim.dev
- Newsworthiness Assessment
- {"score":20.3,"reasons":["external_link","non_newsworthy_keywords:question,vs,better than","established_author","recent_news"],"isNewsworthy":true,"foundNewsworthy":[],"foundNonNewsworthy":["question","vs","better than"]}
- Has External Source
- true
- Trusted Domain
- false
Threat ID: 68e04d68e241a2eea7a2a9c0
Added to database: 10/3/2025, 10:25:44 PM
Last enriched: 10/3/2025, 10:25:46 PM
Last updated: 2/7/2026, 4:17:13 PM
Views: 164
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