datasette-fixtures 0.1a0
Release: datasette-fixtures 0.1a0 (https://github.com/datasette/datasette-fixtures/releases/tag/0.1a0) One of the smaller features in Datasette 1.0a30
Simon Willison's Weblog
Quoting Armin Ronacher
The most frustrating failure mode right now is that people submit issues that are not in their own voice. They contain an observed problem somewhere, but it has been thrown into a clanker and the
On the <dl>
On the <dl> (https://benmyers.dev/blog/on-the-dl/) I learned a few new-to-me things about the <dl> element from this article by Ben Meyer: • A <dt> can be followed by multiple <dd> • You can
The memory shortage is causing a repricing of consumer electronics
The memory shortage is causing a repricing of consumer electronics (https://davidoks.blog/p/ai-is-killing-the-cheap-smartphone) David Oks provides the clearest explanation I've seen yet of why
FTC to Require Cox Media Group, Two Other Firms to Pay Nearly $1 Million to Settle Charges They Deceived Customers About “Active Listening” AI-Powered Marketing Service
FTC to Require Cox Media Group, Two Other Firms to Pay Nearly $1 Million to Settle Charges They Deceived Customers About “Active Listening” AI-Powered Marketing Service
Datasette Agent
We just announced the first release of Datasette Agent (https://datasette.io/blog/2026/datasette-agent/), a new extensible AI assistant for Datasette. I've been working on my LLM
datasette-agent-sprites 0.1a0
Release: datasette-agent-sprites 0.1a0 (https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent-sprites/releases/tag/0.1a0) A Datasette Agent plugin for running commands in a Fly Sprites
datasette-agent-charts 0.1a2
Release: datasette-agent-charts 0.1a2 (https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent-charts/releases/tag/0.1a2) • "View SQL query" buttons below rendered charts. Tags:
datasette-agent 0.1a3
Release: datasette-agent 0.1a3 (https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent/releases/tag/0.1a3) • "View SQL query" buttons for both visible tables and collapsed SQL result tool calls.
Quoting SpaceX S-1
We have the ability to use compute resources to support our proprietary AI applications (such as Grok 5, which is currently being trained at COLOSSUS II), while also providing access to select
How fast is 10 tokens per second really?
How fast is 10 tokens per second really? (https://mikeveerman.github.io/tokenspeed/) Neat little HTML app by Mike Veerman (source code here
Google I/O, Gemini Spark, Antigravity
It's hard to find much to write about Google I/O this year because I have a policy of not writing about anything that I can't try out myself, and a lot of the big announcements are "coming soon". I
llm-gemini 0.32
Release: llm-gemini 0.32 (https://github.com/simonw/llm-gemini/releases/tag/0.32) • New model gemini-3.5-flash for Gemini 3.5 Flash
Gemini 3.5 Flash: more expensive, but Google plan to use it for everything
Today at Google I/O, Google released Gemini 3.5 Flash (https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-5/). This one skipped the -preview modifier and went straight
The last six months in LLMs in five minutes
I put together these annotated slides from my five minute lightning talk at PyCon US 2026, using the latest iteration (https://tools.simonwillison.net/annotated-presentations) of my annotated
Glaucous-winged Gull, Brown Pelican, Snowy Egret, Canada Goose
Glaucous-winged Gull, Brown Pelican, Snowy Egret, Canada Goose, in Los Angeles River, CA, US I'm heading home from PyCon US today so I went on a last morning walk to try and spot a pelican. I saw
GDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open Source
GDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open Source (https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/gds-weighs-in-on-the-nhss-decision-to-retreat-from-open-source/) Terence Eden continues his coverage
Warelay -> OpenClaw
In preparation for a lightning talk I'm giving at PyCon US this afternoon (https://us.pycon.org/2026/schedule/presentation/175/) I decided to figure out how many names OpenClaw has actually had since
Quoting Julia Evans
[...] in the last 10 years I’ve learned to really love and respect CSS as a technology. So I decided years ago that I wanted to react to “CSS is hard” by getting better at CSS and taking it
inaturalist-clumper 0.1
Release: inaturalist-clumper 0.1 (https://github.com/simonw/inaturalist-clumper/releases/tag/0.1) Part of the infrastructure I use for publishing my iNaturalist sightings on my blog