Tuesday, 10th February 2026
Tool
GIF Dissector
— Parse and visualize animated GIF files by extracting individual frames, timing data, color palettes, and detailed metadata. Upload a GIF file to instantly decompose it into its constituent frames with precise delay measurements, disposal methods, transparency information, and global color table analysis. The tool renders composited frames to show exactly how the animation appears, while providing comprehensive technical details about the image structure and properties.
Introducing Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they’ve built
A key challenge working with coding agents is having them both test what they’ve built and demonstrate that software to you, their supervisor. This goes beyond automated tests—we need artifacts that show their progress and help us see exactly what the agent-produced software is able to do. I’ve just released two new tools aimed at this problem: Showboat and Rodney.
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Research
cysqlite WebAssembly Wheel
— By cross-compiling cysqlite, a high-performance Cython-based SQLite3 binding, to WebAssembly with Emscripten, this project delivers a ready-to-use wheel for Pyodide that enables rapid, native-like SQLite operations directly in browser-based Python environments. The build pipeline automates all necessary steps, from fetching dependencies to ensuring compatibility with Pyodide 0.25.x (Python 3.11, Emscripten 3.1.46).
Tool
Pyodide REPL
— Execute Python code directly in your web browser using Pyodide, a port of CPython to WebAssembly. This REPL provides an interactive Python environment with support for multiple Pyodide versions, single-line and multi-line input modes, and command history navigation. The interface is optimized for both desktop and mobile devices, with a dark theme and responsive layout that prevents content from being hidden behind on-screen keyboards.