Indeed, Linus Torvalds is infamous for not caring what he ships (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111350). That's why he's never been known to go on, let's say impassioned tirades against people who submit bad patches to the linux kernel. After all, it's not like he's ever apologized for inflammatory behavior before (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18000698).
On a more serious note, it's not a dichotomy that one either uses AI to code or they care about what they ship. Some people use AI to code and care what they ship.
