Being Linux Torvalds - <antirez>

kept by eddie jul 27

Linus Torvalds' real genius was shifting from writing code to leading Linux's design, and using LLMs well requires programmers to assume that same director role.

Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away." - Ars Technica
Linus Torvalds defended using AI coding tools in the Linux kernel, telling critics to fork the project or walk away if they oppose LLM‑generated code.
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Code is cheap. Show me the talk. - nadh.in
LLM coding tools have made code generation cheap and abundant, flipping the value from writing code to articulating problems and architecting solutions, fundamentally changing software development.
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Separating the Wayland compositor and window manager
A proposed separation of Wayland compositor and window manager into distinct components, as seen in the River project, aims to restore the modular flexibility users had in X11.
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