Quotes of the week [LWN.net]

I prefer someone trying to use their own words to compose a change log and actually learn something on the way over some AI slop that reads nicer any day. Often, when you write a changelog you actually realize which corner cases you might be missing, that the design might be overly complicated, that, maybe, the reasoning or motivation is bad etc. It takes time but you actually learn something and are forced to think (crazy, right?).
The same is particularly true when it comes to writing documentation.

— David Hildenbrand

Note: setting a birth date that makes the caller appear older than 150 years is rejected with EINVAL, as the kernel does not support vampires or other immortal entities at this time. Patches to add undead process support are welcome but will require a separate Kconfig option.

— Christian Brauner

Amen, write it yourself

Posted Apr 3, 2026 1:41 UTC (Fri) by felixfix (subscriber, #242) [Link]

Even when copying code from someone else or a book or stackoverflow, I always preferred typing it all in rather than copying pasta. I had to actually read it, it was the final check on understanding it, and I usually tried changing names too as a final final check on understanding it.

Quotes of the week

Hey, no fair!

Amen, write it yourself