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Gas Town was intended to be reusable, but I only ever wound up using it to build itself.
Steve Yegge reflects that Gas Town, though built to be reusable, ended up being used only to construct itself. ✦ AI generated
Steve Yegge · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-08-04 · original ↗
Gas Town was intended to be reusable, but I only ever wound up using it to build itself.
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- ·Gas Town was intended to be reusable
- ·Usage never expanded beyond building itself
- ·Executed its original purpose once, internally
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