I just sent the February edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter (https://github.com/sponsors/simonw/). If you are a sponsor (or if you start a sponsorship now) you can access it here (https://github.com/simonw-private/monthly/blob/main/2026-02-february.md). In this month’s newsletter:

• More OpenClaw, and Claws in general

• I started a not-quite-a-book about Agentic Engineering

• StrongDM, Showboat and Rodney

• Kākāpō breeding season

• Model releases

• What I’m using, February 2026 edition

Here’s a copy of the January newsletter (https://gist.github.com/simonw/36f567d1b3f8bb4ab4d872d477fbb295) as a preview of what you’ll get. Pay $10/month to stay a month ahead of the free copy!

I use Claude as a proofreader for spelling and grammar via this prompt (https://simonwillison.net/guides/agentic-engineering-patterns/prompts/#proofreader) which also asks it to “Spot any logical errors or factual mistakes”. I’m delighted to report that Claude Opus 4.6 called me out on this one:

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