Finding flaws in code is probably the most useful thing claude can do.
Comment on Linux 7.3 Device Mapper Sees Many Fixes, Including Code Cleanups By Claude Opus
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 14 hours agoHonestly don’t know enough about programming to be sure but this seems like a responsible use of AI–flagging issues in large blocks of code for manual review.
The DM changes merged for Linux 7.3 include six minor code clean-ups for issues spotted by Claude Opus 4.6. There are also various manual code clean-ups to different DM targets, improved metadata validation for DM-PCACHE and DM-ARRAY, and various fixes.
cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Yup, it’s not generating anything, which is where all the problems come in.
helix@feddit.org 1 hour ago
You’re correct and they’re a loud geek who know nothing about Kernel development.