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Linus Torvalds Let Claude Code Touch the Linux Kernel: Copy His Workflow, Not His Headline

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Last week, the cover letter of a Linux kernel patch series contained a sentence nobody expected to read this year: "The code, the test programs, the review behind the list above and the first draft of this text were done with an LLM coding assistant (Claude Code) under my direction. The measurement…

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  1. 2026-10-18 19:19 · DEV Community — AI
    Linus Torvalds Let Claude Code Touch the Linux Kernel: Copy His Workflow, Not His Headline

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