[–] 83 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

This was caught during review, so nothing was "introduced" quite yet. And there's no indication that Linus wouldn't have produced a race condition (a notoriously more easy to miss kind of bug) without the use of AI tools.

It's only being exaggerated so much because he used AI.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago

    https://nltimes.nl/2026/10/23/dutch-cybersecurity-center-investigating-first-signs-hackers-abused-php-issues

    Official source this is based on is https://www.ncsc.nl/en/alerts/update-php-vulnerabilities-remain-a-reason-for-immediate-patching, which mentions they're investigating signs of exploits and that they have at least one confirmed exploit that happened abroad.

    It's still a complex exploit, mind, but not an unusable one.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    At the architectural level, there's definitely a difference yes. But at the smaller scoped implementation level the latest models are pretty good compared to humans. Not perfect by any means, sure, but it's not all drivel anymore. It was 2 years ago, but today's definitely different.

    Race conditions are generally harder to catch, even for human devs. And you're saying it as if Linus wouldn't have introduced it had he coded everything by hand, which I don't think is remotely guaranteed (like he never makes mistakes). And the review system clearly works just fine still.

    Good developers can accelerate their work with agents, and you're right that you can generate tons of LLM-powered slop with it too. But that's why dismissing anything an agent wrote immediately is also wrong. The review determines if it's good enough, whether a human or an agent wrote it.

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