Linus Torvalds is Right: AI is a Compiler, Not a Coder (And Why "Vibe Coding" Won't Survive Production) (opens in new tab)

If you’ve spent more than five minutes on developer social media recently, you’ve inevitably been bombarded by bold declarations: "AI writes 99% of my code now," or "We are entering the era of vibe coding." But during his keynote at Open Source Summit North America — a talk recently broken down into a massive community discussion by tech creator SavvyNik on daily.dev — Linux and Git creator Linus Torvalds offered a reality check grounded in 35 years of building mission-critical computing infr...