982: Bots Are Ruining the Internet

The podcast episode dives into recent tech industry news and challenges. Wes and Scott discuss Node.js enabling Temporal by default, a new date API, and OpenAI's acquisition of OpenClaw, a platform for agent control, while also criticizing Anthropic's handling of the situation. A major concern is the proliferation of bots and their negative impact on online interactions, with examples ranging from spam messages to manipulated social media responses. The hosts also touch on TypeScript 6 beta, TanStack's new React hotkeys library, and a blog post about the shift from building webpages to assembling components. Additionally, they explore Google Translate's potential use of LLMs and the release of Shaders.com, a tool for creating web GPU effects.