Lorenzo Stoakes has significantly reduced the time required to build the Linux kernel. Kernel builds are time-consuming due to the kernel's size and complex build system, and few developers attempt to improve the process.
Stoakes, utilizing assistance from large language models (LLMs), successfully accelerated the build process. The kernel's build system is notoriously difficult to understand, contributing to the lack of prior improvement efforts.
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