https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/icaoberg/tags/automation/ Recent content in Automation on icaoberg Hugo en-us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:38:10 -0400 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/icaoberg/post/2026-04-28-what-is-an-ai-agent/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/icaoberg/post/2026-04-28-what-is-an-ai-agent/ AI agents are autonomous systems that perceive, reason, plan, and act — going far beyond simple chatbots. This post breaks down what they are, why they matter, and which tools and services are leading the charge. https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/icaoberg/post/2026-04-26-python-get-forecast/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/icaoberg/post/2026-04-26-python-get-forecast/ A daily GitHub Action fetches Pittsburgh’s nightly weather forecast from the National Weather Service, appends it to a Parquet archive, and rewrites the README — all without any server or cron daemon.