http://simonwillison.net/2026-05-31T23:23:38+00:00Simon Willison2026-05-31T23:23:38+00:002026-05-31T23:23:38+00:00https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a32

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a32">datasette 1.0a32</a></p><p>An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data</p>

2026-05-31T21:52:00+00:002026-05-31T21:52:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/31/sighting-367248018/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/670649563/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/670650285/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/670658868/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/670728082/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, Pacific Harbor Seal, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-05-30T23:00:00+00:002026-05-30T23:00:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/30/sighting-366862919/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/669909714/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"></p><p>California Sea Lion, in Pillar Point Harbor, CA, US</p>

2026-05-30T21:02:16+00:002026-05-30T21:02:16+00:00https://github.com/simonw/research/tree/main/pyodide-asgi-browser#readme

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/research/tree/main/pyodide-asgi-browser#readme">Running Python ASGI apps in the browser via Pyodide + a service worker</a></p><p>By running Python ASGI web applications entirely in the browser using Pyodide and a dedicated service worker, this project intercepts all same-origin requests under `/app/` and executes them against the Python app via the ASGI protocol—removing the need for a backend server except for static files. The mechanism is demonstrated with both a FastAPI demo and the full Datasette app, confirming its generality across ASGI apps.</p>

2026-05-29T03:32:02+00:002026-05-29T03:32:02+00:00https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a31

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a31">datasette 1.0a31</a></p><p>An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data</p>

2026-05-28T23:54:56+00:002026-05-28T23:54:56+00:00https://github.com/simonw/llm-anthropic/releases/tag/0.25.1

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm-anthropic/releases/tag/0.25.1">llm-anthropic 0.25.1</a></p><p>LLM access to models by Anthropic, including the Claude series</p>

2026-05-28T19:45:14+00:002026-05-28T19:45:14+00:00https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer

<p><a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer">markdown-svg-renderer</a></p><p>View Mozilla Bugzilla bug reports and render formatted markdown content with live preview. Paste markdown directly or load from a raw URL or GitHub Gist, with support for standard markdown formatting, tables, code blocks, and interactive SVG previews with tabbed display. Toggle between editor and full-screen viewer modes to focus on the rendered output.</p>

2026-05-28T18:17:00+00:002026-05-28T18:17:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/28/sighting-366107523/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/668477322/large.jpg" alt="Brewer&#x27;s Blackbird"></p><p>Brewer&#x27;s Blackbird, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-05-25T23:08:00+00:002026-05-25T23:08:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/25/sighting-365297287/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/666934915/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/666934945/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/666934484/large.jpg" alt="Snowy Egret"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/666935110/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/666935468/large.jpg" alt="Harbor Seal"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, Snowy Egret, California Sea Lion, Harbor Seal, in San Mateo County, CA, US</p><p>We took our new <a href="https://www.orukayak.com/">folding kayak</a> out in the harbor and saw sea lions and harbor seals chilling on the docks.</p>

2026-05-24T23:52:37+00:002026-05-24T23:52:37+00:00https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a30

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a30">datasette 1.0a30</a></p><p>An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data</p>

2026-05-24T23:19:34+00:002026-05-24T23:19:34+00:00https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent/releases/tag/0.1a4

<p><a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent/releases/tag/0.1a4">datasette-agent 0.1a4</a></p><p>An LLM-powered agent for Datasette</p>

2026-05-24T21:38:32+00:002026-05-24T21:38:32+00:00https://github.com/datasette/datasette-fixtures/releases/tag/0.1a0

<p><a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-fixtures/releases/tag/0.1a0">datasette-fixtures 0.1a0</a></p><p>Add a fixtures test database to Datasette</p>

2026-05-24T17:14:11+00:002026-05-24T17:14:11+00:00https://tools.simonwillison.net/usborne-mad-house

<p><a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/usborne-mad-house">Mad House — Usborne Creepy Computer Games</a></p><p>Play a retro text-based escape game inspired by 1980s Usborne computer books, where you control doorways in a shifting house to align three exits before footsteps catch you. Use keyboard controls (X/C and N/M) or on-screen buttons to move the near and far doorways left and right, while the center doorway moves unpredictably. The game features authentic CRT phosphor aesthetics with scanlines and a pulsing HUD that tracks your remaining time and door alignment status.</p>

2026-05-24T16:21:00+00:002026-05-24T16:21:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/24/sighting-364719053/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/665828550/large.jpg" alt="Harbor Seal"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/665836920/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/665837520/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p>Harbor Seal, California Sea Lion, California Brown Pelican, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-05-23T18:41:00+00:002026-05-23T18:41:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/23/sighting-364389265/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/665205747/large.jpg" alt="Western Fence Lizard"></p><p>Western Fence Lizard, in Sonoma County, US, CA</p>