AI-Written Code Hit 17.25% of All Linux Kernel Patches in September
The Lunduke Journal·medium signal
The Lunduke Journal counts 1,634 AI-generated code submissions to the Linux kernel last week, a record, bringing September's share to 17.25% of all kernel patches. The trajectory is steep: zero in the first week of February, over 400 per week by end of May, and a prior milestone at 10% of all patches. The thread reached the Hacker News front page, where the argument centered on whether maintainer review capacity, not authorship, is now the binding constraint.