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Linus Torvalds only uses email(...) 07/10/26(Fri)15:13:35 No.109244064

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Linus Torvalds only uses email and Git now. Anonymous 07/10/26(Fri)15:13:35 No.109244064

https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-summit-linus-torvalds/

>Torvalds no longer sees himself as a programmer. "Let's be entirely honest. I hardly read code at all anymore. I'm not a programmer, I'm a development lead."

>He said he dives into code mainly when something forces his attention, like build breaks or merge conflicts: "I've done so many conflict resolutions over the years that I could probably do them in my sleep… Quite often at that point, when I look at the code, I sometimes find issues."

>"Git and email are the two really only tools I use. I use Google as a way to look things up." He added, "I'm unusual; most of the other maintainers end up using many more tools, and I think a lot of them are starting to use AI tools for patch checking," while he "works at a higher level. I work with people, not tools."

>When asked about Rust both in Git and the kernel, he pushed back against hype: "I'm not sure Rust is going to take over the world. I still think Rust is very interesting, [but] I still find C to be a much simpler tool."

>"I'm much more excited about all the tools we have for verification of C," including "automated patch verification tools" and "automated email checking tools for patches like Sashiko."

>"I'm more of a hack-and-slash kind of person, and I still like the raw and simple power of C, and I don't think that's going to change."

>"Rust fixes a few easy bugs that you can make in C, but it does not fix the logic errors, right? It does not think for you, and when you write incorrect code, the language does not matter. The end result will be incorrect."

>"The guarantees that Rust give you only apply in the Rust-only parts of your code base, and wherever you interact with C code, all bets are off," with most Rust code in Linux talking to "core kernel C code" that is "much better quality… because that code has been tested in every single environment."