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Just enough automation (News)
Sep 15, 2025 · 7 min · 7.4 MB
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Zach Gates quantifies the value of automating things, Albania’s new prime minister names an AI “minister” to his Cabinet, Eckart Walther launches Really Simple Licensing (RSL) along with some big names on the web, Vishnu Haridas praises UTF-8’s design, and Justin Searls disagrees with last week’s headline story about AI coding tools and shovelware.
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- 0:00What up, construction nerds?
- 0:38Just enough automation
- 1:30Albania welcomes its first AI overlord
- 2:49Really Simple Licensing for the AI-first internet
- 3:58Sponsor: Depot
- 4:51UTF-8 is a brilliant design
- 5:49I've got your shovelware right here
- 6:52That's the news for now