Linus Torvalds is pushing AI-generated code into the Linux kernel. That sentence would have sounded absurd two years ago. It does not sound absurd now.
This edition of the Changelog newsletter packs five distinct arguments worth your time: Jordan Fulghum declares 2025 the year of self-hosting, FracturedJson offers a formatting approach that balances compactness with human readability, Scott Werner warns that a flood of merely adequate software is incoming, and Sean Goedecke makes the case that generic software design advice fails because context is everything. The Goedecke piece alone is worth the click.
Read the full newsletter to get the specifics on how Torvalds is actually integrating AI tooling into his workflow, and why Werner's adequate-software prediction has real structural implications for the industry. The discussion thread on Zulip is also live if you want to argue about any of it.
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