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21-year-old Polish IT student fixes software bug nearly as old as herself

Maria Kamińska

22.04.2026, 18:59

olish student resolved the coding issue within Linux. Photo: Grzegorz Michałowski/Pap; Bluesky screenshot — The Polish student resolved the coding issue within Linux. Photo: Grzegorz Michałowski/PAP; Bluesky screenshot

Szewczyk was not even two when the Linux bug was first noticed.