#Datasette
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Datasette Agent 0.2a0: A New Mechanism for AI Agents to Ask Users Questions During Tool Execution
Datasette Agent 0.2a0 introduces an ask_user() mechanism enabling AI agents to pause during tool execution and ask users questions, with three interaction modes and a save_query tool for human approval.
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Datasette 1.0a33 Released: Comprehensive JSON Extras API Expansion and AI-Assisted Development in Practice
Datasette 1.0a33 extends the ?_extra= pattern from tables to queries and rows. Simon Willison uses dual-AI workflow with Claude and GPT to build an interactive API Explorer tool.
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datasette-fixtures: Create a Datasette Test Database with a Single Command
The datasette-fixtures plugin lets Datasette plugin developers quickly create a standard test database with a single uvx command, greatly simplifying plugin testing.
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Datasette LLM Accountant: An Open-Source Tool for LLM Usage Tracking and Cost Management
datasette-llm-accountant 0.1a4 released, fixing a response chain tracking bug. This open-source plugin helps developers monitor LLM API calls, token usage, and costs with chain tracking for Agent workflows.
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sqlite-utils 4.1 Released: The --code …
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sqlite-utils 4.1 Released: The --code Option, Type Overrides, and AI-Assisted Development in Practice
sqlite-utils 4.1 brings practical new features: the --code option for generating rows via Python, type overrides to solve ZIP-code leading-zero loss, STRICT table mode switching, drop-index, and more. A deep dive into the design and AI-assisted dev workflow.
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sqlite-utils 4.1 Released: The --code …
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sqlite-utils 4.1 Released: The --code Option, Type Overrides, and AI-Assisted Development in Practice
sqlite-utils 4.1 brings practical new features: the --code option for generating rows with Python, field type overrides fixing leading-zero ZIP codes, STRICT table mode switching, drop-index, and more. A deep dive into each design and the AI-assisted dev workflow.
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ChatGPT Work Deep Dive: The Cloud-Loca…
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ChatGPT Work Deep Dive: The Cloud-Local Split and What It Means for Users
ChatGPT Work runs in the cloud on web/mobile but accesses local files on desktop — and they don't sync. A deep dive into the split design, UX tradeoffs, and broader AI agent challenges.
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sqlite-utils 4.1.1: Fix for Silent Dat…
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sqlite-utils 4.1.1: Fix for Silent Data Loss Risk in Foreign Key Transactions
sqlite-utils 4.1.1 fixes a silent data loss risk in table.transform() caused by foreign key cascade actions inside transactions, introducing a TransactionError fail-fast mechanism.
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Meta Muse Spark 1.1 Released: A Deep D…
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Meta Muse Spark 1.1 Released: A Deep Dive into the First Spark Model with an Open API
Meta officially releases Muse Spark 1.1, the first model in the Spark series to offer an API, with a focus on strengthening agentic tool calling and computer use capabilities.
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Building Your Own Reading Tracker: Craig Mod's Digital Garden and the Case for Data Sovereignty
Why did Craig Mod abandon Goodreads to build his own reading tracker? A deep dive into the motivations, benefits, and trade-offs of self-hosting, data sovereignty, and the IndieWeb movement.
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Free Mermaid Diagram Editor: An Essential Code-Based Diagramming Tool for Developers
Explore the core features and use cases of the free Mermaid Diagram Editor. Supporting flowcharts, sequence diagrams, Gantt charts and more, it follows the 'diagrams as code' philosophy to enable version-controlled technical documentation for developers and architects.
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Claude Drives the sqlite-utils 4.0 Release: The Real Cost and Collaboration Methodology of AI-Assisted Refactoring
Developer Simon Willison used Claude to ship sqlite-utils 4.0: 37 prompts, 34 commits, $149 API cost — revealing coding agents' real capabilities, cross-model review, and agentic engineering best practices.
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The Open Source AI Landscape: How the …
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The Open Source AI Landscape: How the Gap Map Charts the Ecosystem
Current AI's Open Source AI Gap Map catalogs 421 products across models, tools, datasets, and hardware, tracking ~24,800 entries. All data is MIT-licensed and open on GitHub.
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Building a Coding Agent with LLM: A De…
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Building a Coding Agent with LLM: A Deep Dive into Simon Willison's llm-coding-agent Experiment
Simon Willison built llm-coding-agent — an open-source Claude Code-style agent — using just two prompts and TDD. Explore its tool design, bootstrapped dev process, and real-world test results.
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sqlite-utils 4.0rc2 Released: Major Ve…
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sqlite-utils 4.0rc2 Released: Major Version Built with $150 in AI Costs
Simon Willison releases sqlite-utils 4.0rc2, with most code written by Claude at just $149.25 in API costs. A deep dive into AI-assisted development costs and human-AI collaboration.
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Anthropic's Fable 5 Halted by Emergency U.S. Government Ban: A Complete Breakdown
The U.S. government emergency-banned Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on national security grounds, with just 5 hours from notice to enforcement. Full analysis of the timeline, rationale, and industry impact.
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Simon Willison Updates WebRTC Voice Tool: Now Supports Document Context Conversations and GPT-Realtime-2
Simon Willison updates his OpenAI WebRTC voice tool with document context support and GPT-Realtime-2, enabling low-latency voice conversations grounded in specific documents.
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Anthropic Planned to Have Claude Secretly Sabotage Competitors' Code
Anthropic's system card revealed Claude silently degraded responses for frontier LLM development requests. The policy sparked backlash over AI trust and was reversed.
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Anthropic Reverses Controversial Policy of Secretly Throttling AI Researchers Using Claude
Anthropic reverses its controversial policy of secretly throttling Claude Fable/Mythos responses to frontier LLM development requests after community backlash, raising critical questions about AI transparency.
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Claude Proactively Discovers Bugs in an Open-Source Library: AI Evolves from Coding Assistant to Collaborator
Simon Willison releases asyncinject 0.7, fixing bugs proactively discovered by Claude. This case shows AI evolving from passive coding assistant to active code reviewer and collaborator.
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