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Nov 3, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

AI Writes 139K-Line Linux-Compatible Kernel in 11 Days: Meet Ginux

Gregory Kurtzer used OpenAI Codex and GPT-5.6 Sol with Human-Directed Agentic Engineering to create Ginux, a 139,000-line Rust kernel with full Linux ABI compatibility that boots Rocky Linux 10 in QEMU, demonstrating AI's potential for complex systems programming while highlighting ecosystem maintenance as the true moat.