Simon Willison
PulseAugur coverage of Simon Willison — every cluster mentioning Simon Willison across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
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Datasette 1.0a30 adds "jump to" menu for faster navigation
Datasette 1.0a30 introduces a new "jump to" menu, accessible via a keyboard shortcut or a slash command. This feature allows users to quickly navigate between databases, tables, and predefined queries within the applica…
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Simon Willison releases Datasette 1.0 alpha with new agent and fixture plugins
Simon Willison has released alpha versions of Datasette 1.0, introducing a new customizable "Jump to..." menu and a "datasette-agent" plugin. The agent plugin integrates with the new menu to provide an interface for sta…
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Ronacher decries AI-generated bug reports for lack of clarity
Armin Ronacher criticizes the current trend of AI-generated issue reports, which often lack clarity and accuracy due to poor prompting. He advocates for issue submissions that strictly adhere to a human-observed format:…
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Claude recreates 1980s Usborne game "Mad House" in JavaScript
Simon Willison recreated a classic 1980s computer game, "Mad House," using Claude. The game, originally from Usborne's "Creepy Computer Games" book, was typed into a Commodore 64 by Willison as a child. He fed the book'…
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Open-source LLMs and coding agents see rapid progress
Open-source large language models that can run on laptops have significantly improved, now vastly exceeding prior expectations. Coding agents, in particular, have demonstrated remarkable progress in recent months. This …
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Simon Willison details HTML description list features
Simon Willison's blog post highlights lesser-known features of the HTML `<dl>` element, drawing from an article by Ben Meyer. Key takeaways include that a `<dt>` can precede multiple `<dd>` elements and that these pairs…
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Karpathy redefines AI development from prompt to context engineering
Andrej Karpathy proposed a shift from "prompt engineering" to "context engineering," arguing that the former term inaccurately represents the complex task of building production AI applications. He clarified that real-w…
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AI drives memory shortage, increasing consumer electronics prices
A significant shortage in memory production is driving up the cost of consumer electronics, particularly impacting the sub-$100 smartphone market. This shortage is attributed to the increasing demand for High Bandwidth …
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FTC fines Cox Media Group $1M for deceptive AI marketing claims
The FTC has ordered Cox Media Group and two other firms to pay nearly $1 million to settle charges of deceiving customers about an AI-powered marketing service. These companies falsely advertised an "Active Listening" s…
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Datasette Agent alpha launches for SQLite data queries
Simon Willison has released the first alpha version of Datasette Agent, a new AI assistant designed to interact with data stored in SQLite databases. This web application allows users to ask questions about their data a…
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Gemini 3.5 Flash launches with high price, mixed user reviews
Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash model, while fast, is significantly more expensive than its predecessors, with estimates suggesting a total parameter count between 250 billion and 300 billion. Despite its speed, users report …
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Simon Willison updates open-source LLM tools
Simon Willison has released updates for his open-source Python tools, datasette-llm and datasette-llm-accountant. Version 0.1a8 of datasette-llm fixes a bug related to collecting chains of responses within the llm_promp…
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Sharing your prompts is the new telling people your dreams
A significant portion of Large Language Models are trained on data from platforms like Reddit, LinkedIn, and Facebook, leading to outputs that often reflect common or
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LLM advancements in coding agents and personal assistants detailed
Simon Willison presented a five-minute talk at PyCon US 2026 summarizing LLM developments since November 2025. Key advancements included significant improvements in coding agents, which became reliable for daily use, an…
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Simon Willison spots pelican and other birds on morning walk
Simon Willison documented bird sightings during a morning walk in Los Angeles, spotting a Brown Pelican, Glaucous-winged Gull, Snowy Egret, and Canada Goose. He was particularly pleased to see a pelican, fulfilling a go…
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OpenClaw project rebrands multiple times since November
Simon Willison has documented the evolving naming conventions of the AI project OpenClaw. Over several months, the project has undergone multiple name changes, including Warelay, CLAWDIS, CLAWDBOT, Clawdbot, Moltbot, an…
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Julia Evans champions CSS by embracing its complexity
Julia Evans, a prominent figure in the tech community, shared her perspective on learning and respecting CSS as a technology. She advocates for approaching CSS with seriousness rather than devaluing it, noting that many…
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Julia Evans explores 'atoming everything' in AI, Python, and open source
This cluster contains a single item linking to a blog post by Julia Evans, shared by Simon Willison on Mastodon. The post discusses the concept of 'atoming everything' and its relation to AI, Python, and open-source tec…
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Simon Willison releases inaturalist-clumper 0.1
Simon Willison has released version 0.1 of inaturalist-clumper, a tool designed to publish iNaturalist sightings to his blog. The tool has been in production for several weeks, undergoing iterative improvements based on…
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Simon Willison spots seagull near Starbucks before PyCon
Simon Willison observed a Western Gull near a Starbucks during a bird walk before the PyCon conference. The sighting was noted alongside recent articles discussing a data center deal between xAI and Anthropic, and the e…