| domain | simonwillison.net |
| summary | This website, primarily hosted at gisthost.github.io, presents a collection of articles and notes largely focused on the rapidly evolving landscape of AI development and tooling, particularly around large language models (LLMs) and coding assistants. Key themes include:
* Developer Philosophy Divide: A growing split in the tech industry exists between those prioritizing outcome-driven, user-focused development and those emphasizing the engineering process itself. * Tooling & Sandboxes: Fly’s Sprites.dev offers developer and API sandboxes, facilitating faster experimentation and testing. * LLM Exploration & Evaluation: The site tracks various LLM releases (Gemini 3, Claude Opus 4.5, Olmo 3, Nano Banana Pro) and provides analysis, benchmarks, and use case demonstrations, often leveraging tools like Claude Code. * Coding Automation & AI Assistance: Numerous examples demonstrate the use of AI assistants like Codex and Claude Code for automated coding tasks, plugin development, and data manipulation (e.g., JustHTML porting, Datasette plugin creation). * Prompt Engineering & Security: Discussions around prompt injection risks, agent behavior, and reverse engineering of AI tools are prevalent. * Hardware & Ecosystem: Coverage includes NVIDIA’s DGX Spark and broader AI hardware ecosystem developments.
The content spans from January 2025 through October 2025, reflecting the dynamic and ongoing advancements in the field. |
| title | Simon Willison’s Weblog |
| description | Simon Willison’s Weblog |
| keywords | code, llms, coding, have, codex, domain, agents, year, heres, programming, google, people, time, gemini, like, here, work |
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| nslookup | A 188.114.97.3, A 188.114.96.3 |
| created | 2024-02-14 |
| updated | 2026-01-10 |
| summarized | 2026-01-10 |
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