Even Linus Torvalds is vibe coding now

It was on a very silly project, but with even Linux's creator now using AI, the debate over code quality, maintainability, and developer skills is likely to intensify.

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Linus Torvalds used vibe programming for a toy program.
• Vibe programming remains risky for serious projects.
• Linux developers have adopted AI tools for maintenance work. 

Linus Torvalds has started playing with vibe coding. Yes, really! He's using Google's Antigravity AI assistant to generate parts of a new hobby project rather than writing all the code himself. In doing so, he has become the highest-profile programmer yet to adopt this rapidly spreading, and often mocked, AI-driven programming.

Mind you, Torvalds is not using this on the programs that made him famous, Linux and Git, or even his best-known hobby program, the ...