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20th September 2026

Release datasette-explain 0.2.2 — Explain and validate SQL queries as you type them into Datasette

Explain plans now work on read-only stored-query pages.

I upgraded datasette.simonwillison.net to Datasette 1.0a40, which inspired me to ship a new version of this explain plugin.

Posted 20th September 2026 at 12:22 am

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