Overwhelmed by an "onslaught" of AI-generated patches, the maintainer of the Linux staging tree now systematically rejects contributions generated by LLMs—except for genuine security fixes. Yet, he still uses LLMs himself.
Aug 8, 2026 17 3
ReactOS, the open-source project that rebuilds Windows XP/2003 from scratch without using Microsoft's code, has released version 0.4.16. Twenty-two years of volunteer reverse engineering to revive an interface that shaped a generation.
Sep 2, 2026 25 4
Cursor, the AI-powered code editor, had to solve a real Git scalability issue to function properly on very large codebases. Here’s what they did—and why it matters to every senior dev.
Aug 24, 2026 3 1
Ubuntu behind an AI-assisted automatic C-to-Rust conversion project. The goal: truly safe Rust, not just code that compiles without unsafe everywhere.
Aug 24, 2026 4 1
An open-source project aims to manage Claude Code and other development agents' terminal sessions like a real productivity tool—with persistence, naming, and session navigation.
Aug 6, 2026 20 4
Andrew Healey injects the `defer` keyword—pillar of Go code—directly into the TypeScript compiler, now written in Go. A textbook case for understanding parser, checker, and emitter.
Aug 2, 2026 7 2
Korben sheds light on a workflow that many young developers completely ignore: email-based patch review, Linux kernel style. A project allows you to do this without ever leaving Thunderbird - and it's more relevant than you might think.
Jul 20, 2026 10 2
A recognized contributor to the Haskell scene publicly explains why he now codes with AI. Reaction: social banishment, hate mails, and the community rediscovering its own slogan.
Jul 17, 2026 15 3
On the LKML, Linus Torvalds cut short the controversy in one sentence - contributors who refuse any code touched by AI only need to fork. What this technically says about how open source will live with LLM.
Jul 17, 2026 5 2
Linus Torvalds has just settled the debate that has been stirring the open source community for months: AI in the development of the Linux kernel is non-negotiable. Opponents have a clear option on the table.
Aug 31, 2026 10 2
Thousands of teams self-hosting Gitea to retain control of their code are discovering their forge is vulnerable to remote code execution. The real issue: no one patches the "peripheral" tools.
Aug 31, 2026 18 3
AROS - Amiga Research Operating System, the free and open source reimplementation of AmigaOS - has just been ported to Raspberry Pi. The operating system that revolutionized preemptive multitasking on microcomputers in the 1980s is now alive on hardware costing just 35 euros.
Aug 28, 2026 5 2
