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Linus Torvalds is OK with vibe coding as long as it's not used for anything that matters (www.theregister.com)

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Linux and Git inventor Linus Torvalds discussed AI in software development in an interview earlier this month, describing himself as "fairly positive" about vibe coding, but as a way into computing, not for production coding where it would likely be horrible to maintain.

Torvalds was interviewed by Dirk Hohndel, head of open source at Verizon, at the Linux Foundation Open Source Summit in Seoul, South Korea, earlier this month.

Torvalds is technical lead and maintainer of the Linux kernel, but said that "for the last almost 20 years, I've not been a programmer." As for Git, which he invented, "I really just look at it from the side."

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[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 73 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

It's also useful for prototyping. Put something together quickly as a proof of concept and then do it the proper way. That is how I mostly use it at least.

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Only sensible usecase of vibe coding if you ask me. Rapid prototyping.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or an interactive rubber duck.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

At that point it wouldn't really be vibe coding.