2026-10-16 03:01 UTC
Torvalds’s first publicly released chatbot code was in January this year, when he vibe-coded a project in Python because he didn’t know enough Python. The programming language kids learn in high school. The guy who runs the kernel couldn’t get his head around Python.
I’m pissed at the AI companies for all kinds of things like hiking computer parts prices and the impending destruction of the economy when the lies hype dies. But this is a weak ass argument.
The guy who created the Linux kernel and git can absolutely get his head around Python. He’s just allocating his time and energy toward kernel development rather than learning Python and rightly so. Besides, maybe he just hates the language. I know I do, but I started with Perl, so that shaped the way I like to work.
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@petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-10-16 03:45
He’s just allocating his time and energy toward kernel development Then he should have stuck to his lane.
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@eskimofry@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 03:58
I know I do, but I started with perl Throwing rocks from a glass house I see ;)
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@destructdisc@lemmy.world 2026-10-16 05:07
Sure. But that’s like an English literature scholar deciding they want to write a pamphlet, but in French, despite knowing very little French – so instead of learning French, or just writing the pamphlet in English, or asking someone who knows French to translate…they use AI to write the thing. That’s really stupid.