Linus Torvalds Embraces Vibe Coding Signaling Major Shift
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Even Linus Torvalds embraces Vibe Coding, signaling a major shift in software development. Discover what this means for the future of coding and technology.
  • @unpossum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    32•1 day ago

    For anyone wondering, like I did, what the original source for this waste of electrons was, it seems to be the final paragraph of the README for this GitHub project: https://github.com/torvalds/AudioNoise

    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.

    Now you, too, can move on with your day.

    • bryndos
      14•1 day ago

      Thanks! You stopped me clinking the linked slop so i downvoted OP, but your comment made me look up the previous project and some of that made me feel slightly less bad about my own shitty ignorant failures with guitar effect circuits.

      https://github.com/torvalds/GuitarPedal

      If you actually know what you are doing, and you looked at the schematic and went “Linus is clearly way over his head, and that is just stupid”, whether it comes to parts choices or to just the circuit in general, please let me know.

      In particular, don’t feel like it would be impolite to tell me I’m incompetent and doing stupid things. I absolutely know I’m not competent and would love to hear any criticism. Some of the best teaching moments have been when I haven’t understood something, and somebody piped up to tell me I should do Xyz.

      I’m going to leave the link to the “Tremolo doubling as a metronome” issue from the 1590A pedal project, because that was a case of somebody (@gralco) coming in and very politely telling me I was doing stupid things.

      Pushing me to do simulations in KiCad completely changed the game. So don’t be shy to tell me my circuits suck. Because that’s literally why I do this!