David Gerard4d ago
theo de raadt eschews vibe coding for copyright reasons https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1064541/1a399d572a046fb9/
Vibe-coded ext4 for OpenBSD

A number of projects have been struggling with the question of which submissions created by lar [...]

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Show threadLucas4d ago
@davidgerard Okay so if I understood correctly, that means NetBSD and OpenBSD remain slop-free while FreeBSD and Linux won't. Didn't have "Run BSD" on my bucket list, but here we go I guess 🙃
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@lu_leipzig @davidgerard

I knew Linux was doing a stupid and considering AI "reviews" and stuff, but are they actually "generating" code now? Jesus Christ…

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Show threadDavid Gerard3d ago
@cloudskater @lu_leipzig openly vibed code has made it into the kernel
Show threadLucas3d ago
@davidgerard @cloudskater Yikes, but yeah I'm not surprised. When did that happen?
Show threadcloudskater3d ago

@lu_leipzig @davidgerard

Seriously? Fucking hell. Yeah when did that start happening? Pls source so I can reference it later.

Show threadLucas3d ago

@cloudskater @davidgerard Not that I know of, but since they seem open to the idea in principle (and also since they take a lot of corporate code contributions), my hopes of having no slop code in the Kernel in the long run are rather low.

I'm also a bit suspicious of Rust in the Kernel in this regard, but that's just an uneducated gut feeling.

Show threadDavid Gerard3d ago

@lu_leipzig @cloudskater nah it's in there

performative dickhead put it in without telling the maintainer

https://lwn.net/Articles/1026558/

see comments for the maintainer unhappy at being sandbagged

Supporting kernel development with large language models

Kernel development and machine learning seem like vastly different areas of endeavor; there are [...]

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