Don't Use Compilers for Kernel Code

I don't understand this whole idiotic concept of "don't use AI for X". Here's a new rule just for you: don't use compilers for any of your kernel submissions. Because if you can't show that you really understand what the machine is actually doing by writing your code in assembler, then I don't want to see your code contribution. You clearly aren't competent if you can't write it that way.

A white text card presents a sarcastic rule banning compilers for kernel submissions and demanding that contributors write everything in assembler. The joke mocks selective anti-AI gatekeeping by applying the same purity standard to compilers, implying that understanding code would require working at an extremely low level. It is shared as a reaction to hypocritical or overly strict demands about using AI in programming. EN: A white text card presents a sarcastic rule banning compilers for kernel submissions and demanding that contributors write everything in assembler. The joke mocks selective anti-AI gatekeeping by applying the same purity standard to compilers, implying that understanding code would require working at an extremely low level. It is shared as a reaction to hypocritical or overly strict demands about using AI in programming.

• @gentoomemes / 22387 2026-10-27