Simon Willison
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Anthropic's Code w/ Claude 2026 Signals AI Coding Shifts to Real-World Implementation
Anthropic hosts Code w/ Claude 2026, betting on AI coding tools. This marks LLM firms shifting from parameter wars to dev ecosystems, with coding as t
Veterans Skip Reviews: Vibe Coding & Agentic Engineering Dangerously Converge
Simon Willison skips line-by-line AI code reviews in production. As vibe coding & agentic engineering converge, AI tools mask hidden quality risks.
Stockholm AI Cafe's 120 Stoveless Eggs: Agents Lack More Than Common Sense
Andon Labs' AI Mona ran a Stockholm cafe, ordering 120 eggs with no stove. The real issue isn't AI errors, but their costs imposed on unconsenting thi
Farmers Sold 77x More Land Than Datacenters — AI Land Grab Panic is Misplaced
Andy Masley debunks AI land-grab panic: 2000-2024 farmland sold was 77x the datacenter footprint, yet yields hit record highs. We must separate intuit
Redis Adopts Non-Backtracking Regex — Python's ReDoS Vulnerability Exposed
Redis creator antirez integrated the non-backtracking TRE regex engine. Simon Willison used Claude Code to write Python bindings for TRE, confirming i
Simon Willison Codes Blog Feature on Phone: AI Lowers Solo Dev Barrier
Simon Willison built an iNaturalist blog sync via Claude Code on a phone. This shows AI coding tools make 'one person + one phone' a viable dev unit.
Developer Builds Full-Stack App on Phone: AI Shrinks Minimum Coding Environment
Simon Willison built a full-stack app on a phone via Claude Code. Coding's minimum barrier is a conversational terminal—but who benefits needs scrutin
Anthropic 新模型悄悄改了计费单位，同样的内容用 Opus 4.7 可能多花 40%
Anthropic's new tokenizer in Claude Opus 4.7 inflates token counts up to 1.46×—and 3× for images—at unchanged list prices.
Anthropic 悄悄更新 Claude 行为准则： 让 AI 少问、少纠缠、更主 动——这背后是一场用户体验的 战略调整
Anthropic updated Claude's system prompt with Opus 4.7: fewer clarifying questions, no retention tactics, stricter child safety rules.
research-llm-apis 2026-04-04
Willison uses Claude Code to reverse-engineer Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, and Mistral APIs to rebuild LLM's plugin abstraction.
scan-for-secrets 0.1
Simon Willison's new Python tool scans directories for secrets and their encoded variants before publishing AI session logs.