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Datasette 1.0a33 adds API extras, uses AI for explorer

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Simon Willison has released Datasette 1.0a33, a pre-release version of his data exploration tool. This update significantly enhances the API by extending the `?_extra=` pattern to include queries and rows, not just tables. To showcase this new feature, Willison utilized AI models Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.5 to build a custom API explorer. AI

IMPACT Enhances data exploration tools with AI-assisted development, potentially streamlining API development for similar applications.

RANK_REASON This is a software release for a specific tool, not a frontier model release or significant industry event.

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Datasette 1.0a33 adds API extras, uses AI for explorer

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 Italiano(IT) ·

    datasette 1.0a33

    <p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a33">datasette 1.0a33</a></p> <p>This alpha is a significant step on the road to a stable 1.0, finally extending the <code>?_extra=</code> pattern I introduced <a href="https://docs.datasett…

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