http://simonwillison.net/2026-05-12T23:41:06+00:00Simon Willison2026-05-12T23:41:06+00:002026-05-12T23:41:06+00:00https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a29

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a29">datasette 1.0a29</a></p><p>An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data</p>

2026-05-12T17:45:07+00:002026-05-12T17:45:07+00:00https://github.com/simonw/llm/releases/tag/0.32a2

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm/releases/tag/0.32a2">llm 0.32a2</a></p><p>Access large language models from the command-line</p>

2026-05-11T18:48:57+00:002026-05-11T18:48:57+00:00https://til.simonwillison.net/llms/llm-shebang

<p><a href="https://til.simonwillison.net/llms/llm-shebang">Using LLM in the shebang line of a script</a></p><p>This comment on Hacker News inspired me to investigate patterns for using my LLM CLI tool in a shebang line:</p>

2026-05-07T19:57:06+00:002026-05-07T19:57:06+00:00https://github.com/simonw/llm-gemini/releases/tag/0.31

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm-gemini/releases/tag/0.31">llm-gemini 0.31</a></p><p>LLM plugin to access Google's Gemini family of models</p>

2026-05-07T18:47:09+00:002026-05-07T18:47:09+00:00https://tools.simonwillison.net/big-words

<p><a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/big-words">Big Words</a></p>

2026-05-07T07:25:14+00:002026-05-07T07:25:14+00:00https://tools.simonwillison.net/github-repo-stats

<p><a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/github-repo-stats">GitHub Repo Stats</a></p><p>View GitHub repository statistics including commit counts, contributor information, language breakdowns, and release details by entering a repository name or URL. This tool fetches data directly from the GitHub REST API in your browser, displaying comprehensive metrics such as stars, forks, branches, tags, and activity timestamps. Optionally authenticate with GitHub to increase your API rate limit from 60 to 5,000 requests per hour.</p>

2026-05-05T23:44:27+00:002026-05-05T23:44:27+00:00https://github.com/datasette/datasette-referrer-policy/releases/tag/0.1

<p><a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-referrer-policy/releases/tag/0.1">datasette-referrer-policy 0.1</a></p><p>Set the Referrer-Policy header for a Datasette site</p>

2026-05-05T01:56:55+00:002026-05-05T01:56:55+00:00https://github.com/datasette/datasette-llm/releases/tag/0.1a7

<p><a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-llm/releases/tag/0.1a7">datasette-llm 0.1a7</a></p><p>LLM integration plugin for other plugins to depend on</p>

2026-05-05T01:31:54+00:002026-05-05T01:31:54+00:00https://github.com/simonw/llm-echo/releases/tag/0.5a0

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm-echo/releases/tag/0.5a0">llm-echo 0.5a0</a></p><p>Debug plugin for LLM providing an echo model</p>

2026-05-04T17:52:00+00:002026-05-04T17:52:00+00:00https://github.com/simonw/research/tree/main/tre-python-binding#readme

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/research/tree/main/tre-python-binding#readme">TRE Python binding — ReDoS robustness demo</a></p><p>Demonstrating robust regex performance, this project offers a minimal Python ctypes binding to the TRE regex library, highlighting TRE’s immunity to regular expression denial-of-service (ReDoS) attacks that cripple Python's built-in `re` module. Key benchmarks show that TRE processes even notorious "evil" patterns on gigantic inputs (10 million characters) much faster than `re` on tiny ones, and scales linearly with input size instead of exponentially.</p>

2026-05-04T15:53:57+00:002026-05-04T15:53:57+00:00https://tools.simonwillison.net/redis-array

<p><a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/redis-array">Redis Array Playground</a></p><p># Redis Array Playground</p>

2026-05-03T16:13:00+00:002026-05-03T16:13:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/3/sighting-213/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/652930542/large.jpg" alt="Tree Swallow"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/652930689/large.jpg" alt="Tree Swallow"></p><p>Tree Swallow</p>

2026-05-02T20:42:00+00:002026-05-02T20:42:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/2/sighting-212/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/652423277/large.jpg" alt="Gray Fox"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/652489094/large.jpg" alt="Osprey"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/652521152/large.jpg" alt="Brewer&#x27;s Blackbird"></p><p>Gray Fox, Osprey, Brewer&#x27;s Blackbird</p>

2026-05-02T02:51:00+00:002026-05-02T02:51:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/2/sighting-211/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/651853337/large.jpg" alt="Acorn Woodpecker"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/651853732/large.jpg" alt="Acorn Woodpecker"></p><p>Acorn Woodpecker</p>

2026-05-01T19:35:41+00:002026-05-01T19:35:41+00:00https://tools.simonwillison.net/inat-sightings

<p><a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/inat-sightings">iNaturalist Sightings</a></p><p># Documentation</p>