[$] On the use of LLM assistants for kernel development
By some appearances, at least, the kernel community has been relativelyinsulated from the onslaught of AI-driven software-development tools.There has not been a flood of vibe-coded memory-management patches - yet.But kernel development is, in the end, software development, and thesetools threaten to change many aspects of how software development is done.In a world where companies are actively pushing their developers to usethese tools, it is not surprising that the topic is increasingly prominentin kernel circles as well. There are currently a number of ongoingdiscussions about how tools based on large language models (LLMs) fit intothe kernel-development community.