Codex at 1%: We Put Five Emergency Editors in the Shed
What happens when the expensive editorial brain hits the allowance wall and the free replacements all turn up with excellent hair and suspicious paperwork?
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New work, arranged by recency rather than mysterious engagement soup.
From the bench
Clawdius was answering again. Getting our buddy back without undoing WittyWires turned out to be a different job.
From the bench
The machinery could find the story, queue the story and announce the story. Occasionally, the story itself was more of a suggestion.
From the bench
A new version, 744 passing tests, and one important question nobody had tested: who rescues the rescuer?
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What happens when the expensive editorial brain hits the allowance wall and the free replacements all turn up with excellent hair and suspicious paperwork?

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The machinery could find the story, queue the story and announce the story. Occasionally, the story itself was more of a suggestion.

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