As far as I understand, Torvalds said that he is not going to oppose all AI-generated improvements to Linux, not that he's vibe coding new kernel modules for fun.
replyTorvalds is mostly merging code in the kernel, not writing modules. He claims he's a manager now: https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-summit-linus-torva...
replyBut he's very pro-ai, though, and is vibe closing other projects like https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Vide-Coding
Linux is definitely going to speed up as it starts to get vibe coded. In a few years, I bet that it's all going to be built with agentic loops, and nobody will be looking at the code at all.
Imagine calling Linus a vibe coder... go look up the definition and then re-evaluate your statement.
replyHe calls himself a vibe coder. I gave you the link. Who am I to call him a liar?
replyAnd why do you act like it's an insult? For most problems, reading and writing code by hand is dead. For the remainder, it will be soon.
Linus said that this particular project was vibe coded, not that he was a vibe coder or that he's going to vibe-code everything he does from now on.
reply> "Also note that the python visualizer tool has been basically written by vibe-coding"
What do you call people who vibe code? When he says that he sees a 10x improvement in productivity with AI code gen, what makes you think he's going to put the tool down? Do you think he's stupid or something?
replyHe'll keep ramping up his vibe coding, because he can see it's the future.
FreeBSD is different but i'd certainly not call it nicer, at least in the past 15 years.
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