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A developer has released a tool called Baton, designed to help programmers keep track of which AI coding agents are waiting on human input. As more developers run multiple autonomous agents simultaneously, knowing when a machine needs you turns out to be a surprisingly human problem worth solving.
On the infrastructure side, a Postgres extension called pg underscore re two is generating quiet interest among database engineers. By swapping out the default regular expression engine for Google's RE two library, it delivers roughly nine times faster pattern matching — a meaningful gain for anyone running complex queries at scale.
And in Australia, consumer advocates are pushing for mandatory domestic mobile roaming, arguing that rural and regional residents are effectively cut off when their carrier has no tower nearby. The proposal would require networks to share infrastructure, a debate that touches on competition, equity, and who gets to be connected in the first place.
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