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Simon Willison releases alchemy-utils alpha with AI assistance

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Simon Willison has released two alpha versions of alchemy-utils, a Python library designed to provide a database-agnostic interface similar to his existing sqlite-utils library. The project, developed with assistance from Codex and GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra, aims to support multiple database engines through SQLAlchemy. Initial testing and releases have focused on PostgreSQL and DuckDB, with a recent update (0.1a1) specifically improving performance for DuckDB exports and CSV imports. AI

IMPACT This new library could streamline data operations for developers working with multiple database backends.

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    alchemy-utils 0.1a1

    <p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/alchemy-utils/releases/tag/0.1a1">alchemy-utils 0.1a1</a></p> <p>Performance boost for DuckDB exports and CSV imports, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/12/alchemy-utils/">see here</a>.</p>

  2. Simon Willison TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    alchemy-utils 0.1a0

    <p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/alchemy-utils/releases/tag/0.1a0">alchemy-utils 0.1a0</a></p> <p>I've long pondered what a database agnostic version of my <a href="https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/">sqlite-utils</a> Python library and CLI utility …

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