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AI

Dubai to cut building permit processing times from days to minutes with AI

Dubai: Dubai Municipality has announced the launch of an artificial intelligence-powered system that will slash building permit processing times from days to just minutes, marking a significant step in advancing Dubai's digital transformation and reinforcing its global leadership in adopting smart government solutions. The project will deliver a fully integrated digital system capable of issuing…

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Dubai to cut building permit processing times from days to minutes with AI

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I Built My AI Team a Blackboard — How to Stop Parallel Claude Sessions From Colliding

Series: Indie Dev Notes · T12 In the last post (T11) , I said I'd turned my AI into a team and promoted myself from employee to CEO.

  • Author's AI team faced conflicts between parallel Claude Code sessions.
  • Developed shared blackboard in markdown file to track progress and prevent collisions.
  • Claude Code's Agent Teams feature offers similar functionality, validating the author's solution.

·dev.to

A Practical Guide to Adding Nano Banana Image Tools to Claude Desktop, VS Code, and Cursor

If your coding assistant can already read files, run commands, and reason about a project, the next useful step is often visual: generating mockups, editing product shots, or iterating on image assets…

  • Nano Banana MCP enables AI clients to call external image tools within IDEs.
  • Installation involves pip or cloning GitHub repository for server setup.
  • Workflow includes generating images, editing, and checking task status.

·dev.to

AI Reviews Bring 'New Normal' to Linux Release Candidates: Lots of Bug Fixes

Linux Torvalds expects Linux 7.2 should be released next weekend "unless something really bad pops up," Torvalds said while announcing today's release candidate.

  • AI/LLM tools are significantly increasing bug fixes in Linux kernel development
  • 7.2-rc7 release candidate expected next weekend with numerous fixes
  • HWMON, memory management, Btrfs, and networking components see critical improvements

·linux.slashdot.org