On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 02:56:22PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote: > On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 01:45:09PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > The kind of expectations *I* have is that people do their best and I > > expect people to understand what they are doing. > > > > But that understanding has very little to do with what tools they use. > > I think that's the crux of it. Don't send stuff you don't understand. >
Yes, never send code one doesn't undertstand. Also as important - never send code you haven't tested. The idea that LLMs should not be allowed to write commit messages or documentation really gets under my skin. What if you have a learning disability related to reading or writing? I do, and for years the hardest part of writing code was documenting what it did in a way that others could understand. When LLMs first came out, all I used them for was writing documentation and commit messages because they couldn't properly code my ideas. They could, however, describe my ideas quickly and clearly. Fast forward to today, and LLMs can do both, so I use them for both. Matt > And if you do, expect to be ignored. > > -- > Cheers, Lorenzo
