http://simonwillison.net/2026-01-11T02:29:58+00:00Simon Willison2026-01-11T02:29:58+00:002026-01-11T02:29:58+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/11/linus-torvalds/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="https://github.com/torvalds/AudioNoise/blob/71b256a7fcb0aa1250625f79838ab71b2b77b9ff/README.md"><p>Also note that the python visualizer tool has been basically written by vibe-coding. I know more about analog filters -- and that's not saying much -- than I do about python. It started out as my typical "google and do the monkey-see-monkey-do" kind of programming, but then I cut out the middle-man -- me -- and just used Google Antigravity to do the audio sample visualizer.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://github.com/torvalds/AudioNoise/blob/71b256a7fcb0aa1250625f79838ab71b2b77b9ff/README.md">Linus Torvalds</a>, Another silly guitar-pedal-related repo</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linus-torvalds">linus-torvalds</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai">ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai">generative-ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/llms">llms</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vibe-coding">vibe-coding</a></p>

2007-12-16T21:53:51+00:002007-12-16T21:53:51+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Dec/16/linus/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/msg/52f04d4ab1121c9b"><p>Don't EVER make the mistake that you can design something better than what you get from ruthless massively parallel trial-and-error with a feedback cycle. That's giving your intelligence <em>much</em> too much credit.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/msg/52f04d4ab1121c9b">Linus Torvalds</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/evolution">evolution</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linus-torvalds">linus-torvalds</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/open-source">open-source</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/programming">programming</a></p>

2007-07-17T22:29:17+00:002007-07-17T22:29:17+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jul/17/wincent/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100418063812/https://www.wincent.com/a/about/wincent/weblog/archives/2007/07/a_look_back_bra.php">A look back: Bram Cohen vs Linus Torvalds</a></strong></p> Makes the case that Git has proved Linus Torvald correct on every point of his infamous debate with Bram Cohen back in 2005. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/2005">2005</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bram-cohen">bram-cohen</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/debate">debate</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/git">git</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linus-torvalds">linus-torvalds</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/version-control">version-control</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wincent-colaiuta">wincent-colaiuta</a></p>

2007-02-04T22:33:04+00:002007-02-04T22:33:04+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/4/linus/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/4/119"><p>As ICD head analyst Walter Dickweed put it: "Releasing a new kernel on Superbowl Sunday means that the important 'pasty white nerd' constituency finally has something to do while the rest of the country sits comatose in front of their 65" plasma screens".</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/4/119">Linus Torvalds</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/funny">funny</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linus-torvalds">linus-torvalds</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/superbowl">superbowl</a></p>

2007-02-04T22:32:08+00:002007-02-04T22:32:08+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/4/lkml/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/4/119">Linus Torvalds: Super Kernel Sunday!</a></strong></p> Linux kernel version 2.6.20 is out, and includes virtualization thanks to KVM. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/kernel">kernel</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/kvm">kvm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linus-torvalds">linus-torvalds</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/virtualization">virtualization</a></p>