Linus Torvalds Uses Google Antigravity

(github.com)

35 points | by xnx 13 hours ago

5 comments

  • xorvoid 9 hours ago
    I feel like the comments are taking away the wrong message from this. He used it to do the part of the project that he has poor knowledge/experience/capacity for. He needs a visualization but the project isn't about visualization. He's spent a lifetime coding in C, not writing python-based visualizations.

    There's a big difference between vibe-coding an entire project and having an AI build a component that you lack competency for. That is what is happening here.

    It's the same principle as a startup that builds it core functionality itself in-house and then uses off-the-shelf libraries for all the other uninteresting details.

  • 999900000999 10 hours ago
    >Add README and LICENSE file I'm pushing it out to github not because it needs to be public, but because of my policy of using the internet as my backups. And because it makes it so much easier to just sync between machines.

    Very cool to see a legends side project. I'll check this out when I have time even though I can't understand C well.

  • the_biot 10 hours ago
    That is truly sad :-(
    • numpad0 3 hours ago
      What's truly "sad" is that it's ok if Google does it. It's apparently not ok when OpenAI, Musk, etc do literally the same thing.

      This whole controversy reminds me of that Rhodesian designed shotgun marketed as "Street Sweeper" in the US. Making a tool is one thing. Brandishing its unsafe working end to potential customers in an attempt to impress them, alas, could lead to interesting situations...

    • rvz 24 minutes ago
      Depends.

      This is on projects that are not serious. So I will treat it as such.

      You should worry if vibe-coders submit patches to the Linux Kernel and they do not understand them.

    • theflyingelvis 7 hours ago
      Why is that?
  • appsoftware 11 hours ago
    It's official, vibe coding is legit.
    • whattheheckheck 6 hours ago
      No tests, mypy type hinting or doc strings -- just pure vibes
      • forgotpwd16 25 minutes ago
        Depends on stage. Codex/Claude-generated code have hinting and doc strings, and will gladly add tests for every change you're doing. (That's why vibe coded projects have a gazillion tests.)
    • _zoltan_ 10 hours ago
      it's always been.
  • hu3 10 hours ago
    BassForLinus.mp3 ?

    I never clicked a file so fast in my life before.

    It's a tame bass sample sound. Probably from Linus himself. I want more!

    https://github.com/torvalds/AudioNoise/blob/main/BassForLinu...

    • irusensei 7 hours ago
      Is he slapping at 00:53? Can't wait til Davie504's cover.