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Datasette plugin updated to detect instances and PIDs

Simon Willison has updated his datasette-ports plugin to detect and list Datasette instances on a machine. The latest version is compatible with recent Datasette releases and displays the process ID (PID) of detected instances. This PID information is useful for attaching a new profiler designed for Python 3.15. AI

IMPACT Minor tooling improvement for developers using Datasette.

RANK_REASON Update to a specific software plugin.

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Datasette plugin updated to detect instances and PIDs

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 Italiano(IT) ·

    datasette-ports 0.4

    <p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-ports/releases/tag/0.4">datasette-ports 0.4</a></p> <p>My plugin for detecting and listing all Datasette instances on the current machine now works with the latest version, and displays the detected PID …