Portland Linux/Unix Group General Monthly Meeting: AI, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly with Stephen Hemminger
Enter through the Engineering Building. The room is downstairs, follow the signs. If the outside door is locked and there isn't anyone to let you in, look for the sign and a cell number to text.
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Summary:
AI coding assistants are everywhere now, but how well do they actually work for open source? This talk shares lessons from using AI on two Linux networking projects: DPDK and iproute2.
The good: documentation, test writing, and debugging. The bad: awkward code suggestions, formatting errors, and false positives in code reviews. The ugly: trying to get AI to write new features like RSTP or FQ-CoDel — after too many failed attempts, I gave up and moved on to more useful things.
A frank look at where AI helps, where it wastes your time, and what to watch out for.
Bio:
Stephen Hemminger is a longtime Linux kernel networking developer, maintainer of iproute2, and contributor to DPDK. Now retired, he continues contributing to open source as a volunteer.
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