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I picked Task Manager 'to see how ready AI is for primetime… or if it would just degrade to slop' – OG dev talks to The Reg

Published 24 August 2026, 2:03pm

Original author of legendary 1996 system utility tries to answer the question: 'How would I do it today?'

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