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Local LLM Coding Benchmark — Full Review

Date: 2026-03-22/24 Total models tested: 35 (34 local + 1 API reference) Total tasks: 6 (across 2 rounds) Total runtime: ~8 hours

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Methodology

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• WP_Hooks()->resort_active_iterations() - add documentation
• WP_Hooks()->remove_filter() - Maybe the $exists var can be removed?
• WP_Hooks()->remove_all_filters() - Maybe remove the isset() check?
• WP_Hooks()->apply_filters() - Remove the array_splice condition.
• WP_Hooks - Change is_null() to null ===

Maybe add a check to prevent the use of is_null() and recommend null ===? - EDIT: These are now opcode-cached in PHP7+, so it doesn't make a lot of sense to refactor them

Check the conditions in get_user_locale(). Something doesn't feel right.

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<?php

add_filter(
	'render_block',
	function( $html ) {
		static $styled_els = array();
		$styles_to_add     = '';

		// Find elements that have inline styles.
		preg_match_all( '/<[a-zA-Z0-9]+.+style=.+>/U', $html, $matches );

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<?php

/**
 * Runs on shutdown.
 * This prevents any performance issues since it runs _after_ the page
 * has finished loading and has already been served.
 */
add_action( 'shutdown', function() {

	// Bail if not a singular entity.

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PHP

• Advocate for bumping the minimum PHP version: recent PHP versions are faster & lighter, so less CPU cycles and less energy consumption
• PHP: Write more efficient code (for example use caches instead of repetative nested loops)

JS

• Advocate for vanilla JS vs jQuery: Faster client-side and fewer assets to download
• Advocate for service-workers in core
• Find a way to remove the emojis script, or at least only load it when needed. It's 14kb on each page-load on 40% of the web, it's insane!

CSS

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#include "CurieIMU.h"
#include <Adafruit_DotStar.h>
#include <SPI.h>

#define NUMPIXELS 60 // Number of LEDs in strip
#define MINBRIGHTNESS 100
#define MAXBRIGHTNESS 255
#define DATAPIN    5
#define CLOCKPIN   4

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<!-- Add a wrapper div. The content we generate from JSON-LD will be rendered here.-->
<div id="content-wrapper" style="max-width:70ch;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"></div>

<!-- The JSON-LD of our recipe. -->
<script type="application/ld+json">
	{
		"@context": "http://schema.org",
		"@type": "Recipe",
		"mainEntityOfPage": "https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12682/apple-pie-by-grandma-ople/",
		"name": "Apple Pie by Grandma Ople",

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<?php
/**
 * Download gravatars locally.
 *
 * @package wptt/font-loader
 * @license https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 */

namespace Aristath\LocalGravatars;

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<?php // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Files.FileName
/**
 *
 * Add blocks styles inline.
 *
 * @package WPTRT/BlockAssets
 */

namespace WPTRT;

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if [ $# -lt 0 ]; then
	echo "------------------------"
	echo "usage: $0 \$1"
	echo "    \$1: Files to check"
	echo "------------------------"
	exit 1
fi

if [ "$#" == 1 ]
then