Sahil
@sahill_og · Mar 13, 2026
Linus Torvalds created Linux at 21 without Claude or any other AI.
- He didn't have a co-founder.
- No VC funding. No office.
- No team.
- Just a personal project
he posted to a mailing list:
"I'm doing a free OS."
33 years later,
it runs 97% of the world's servers,
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Yeah
04:49 AM · March 14, 2026 · 63.4K views
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