He already said it was legit although not in the way that LLM advocates would like: "Linus Torvalds is OK with vibe coding as long as it's not used for anything that matters" https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/18/linus_torvalds_vibe_c... Seems like a reasonable stance to me.
What's up with the scramble to attach legitimacy to LLM usage? The results will ultimately speak for themselves or they won't.