Linus Torvalds, the top maintainer of the Linux kernel, declared in a reply on the linux-media list that the kernel project will not adopt an anti-AI stance, stating that large language models are a u…
Linus Torvalds discussed LLM usage in kernel development, but the full content is blocked by Anubis, a proof-of-work system designed to deter AI companies from scraping websites. The administrator imp…
Linus Torvalds defended the use of AI tools in Linux kernel development, responding to a debate about integrating the agentic LLM code review tool Sashiko into the kernel's Patchwork tracking system. …
Linus Torvalds, steward of the Linux kernel, declared that Linux is not an 'anti-AI' bastion and told discontented contributors to fork the kernel or walk away. In discussions on lore.kernel.org, Torv…
Linux creator Linus Torvalds firmly rejected anti-AI sentiment on the Linux kernel mailing list, stating that the kernel project is not anti-AI and that AI is a useful tool. Torvalds said he will "abs…
Linux creator Linus Torvalds reaffirmed that the Linux kernel is not "anti-AI" and that AI/LLMs should be viewed as a tool for developers, pushing back against kernel developers who oppose AI usage. T…
Linus Torvalds said at Open Source Summit India 2026 that he is more excited about automated patch verification tools for C than about Rust, which he said fixes only easy bugs and does not prevent log…
Linus Torvalds said at Open Source Summit India 2026 that AI-generated code often creates more junk than useful output, describing many patches as 'mindless band-aid' fixes. He uses LLMs for prototypi…
OpenAI has forked Git on GitHub, creating a new repository under its organization. The fork includes the standard Git revision control system originally authored by Linus Torvalds.…
Entire launched a distributed Git network designed for the agent era, handling ~570,000 clones per hour and 586 pushes per second on a single repository at ~50-60 ms p50 latency. The preview is live w…
Linus Torvalds said at Open Source Summit India 2026 that he no longer considers himself a programmer but a development lead, relying on Git and email for kernel maintenance. He noted that AI tools ar…
Linux kernel developers are debating whether to simplify or eliminate the requirement for AI/LLM agent attribution in patches, with prominent developer Christian Brauner arguing the current policy cre…
A developer built a dual-pool adversarial review system for AI agents that uses real engineers with searchable philosophies instead of abstract roles. The system employs a fixed pool for stability and…
A developer proposes a method called 'Named-Persona Adversarial Review' to overcome the blind spots of single-modal LLMs in code review. By asking the AI to review code as specific named individuals w…
A developer built a methodology for turning personal tools into open source contributions and subjected it to a novel AI-assisted review process that role-plays as 24 famous engineers, including Linus…
At the Open Source Summit India in Mumbai, a developer reported that India has become the second-largest contributor to open source globally and the fastest-growing OSS developer base. Linus Torvalds …
Linux software distribution remains fragmented, with experts divided between containerized apps and granular permission models, while shared library soname bumps frequently break applications after OS…
Cloudflare rearchitected its Workflows control plane, replacing a single Account Durable Object bottleneck with two new components, SousChef and Gatekeeper, to scale concurrent instances from 4,500. T…
Enterprises are investing heavily in AI with limited returns, partly because the wrong people are leading the change. Younger developers, with less experience, may be essential for rewriting software …
Linus Torvalds released Linux 7.1, featuring a rewritten NTFS driver, battery reporting for Apple Silicon, a Steam Deck OLED audio fix, improved AMD CPU power management, and Intel Arc Battlemage grap…