Brodie Robertson(@BrodieOnLinux):What must it be like to be a kernel graybeard who doesn't want to see things change, you saw C++ get rejected but now ~0.4% of the kernel is Rust. You've always wrote code by hand but now ~16% of new code submissions use AI to some extent, and ~0.25% of the kernel has been directly worked on by AI. Old drivers are getting pulled because they're being poked at by AI and the whole world is changing around you

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Brodie Robertson@BrodieOnLinux

2026.09.14 02:27

What must it be like to be a kernel graybeard who doesn't want to see things change, you saw C++ get rejected but now ~0.4% of the kernel is Rust. You've always wrote code by hand but now ~16% of new code submissions use AI to some extent, and ~0.25% of the kernel has been directly worked on by AI. Old drivers are getting pulled because they're being poked at by AI and the whole world is changing around you

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