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Grep beats LSP? Why coding agents ignore your fancier tools

SteadyVane has taken 32 readings of Grep beats LSP? Why coding agents ignore your fancier tools since Sep 4, 2026: 57 upvotes at the first reading, 97 at the latest (+40). Its biggest one-day gain was +37 on Sep 4, 2026.

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first seen Sep 4, 2026 · last seen Sep 9, 2026 · published Sep 4, 2026

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Day (UTC)	upvotes	Change
Sep 9, 2026	97	0
Sep 8, 2026	97	0
Sep 7, 2026	97	0
Sep 6, 2026	97	0
Sep 5, 2026	97	+3
Sep 4, 2026	94	+37

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