http://simonwillison.net/2026-06-21T23:30:04+00:00Simon Willison2026-06-21T23:30:04+00:002026-06-21T23:30:04+00:00https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/releases/tag/4.0rc1

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/releases/tag/4.0rc1">sqlite-utils 4.0rc1</a></p><p>Python CLI utility and library for manipulating SQLite databases</p>

2026-06-19T01:55:00+00:002026-06-19T01:55:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/19/sighting-373150556/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/681926968/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/681926905/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, Pacific Harbor Seal, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-06-18T19:03:13+00:002026-06-18T19:03:13+00:00https://github.com/datasette/datasette-acl/releases/tag/0.6a0

<p><a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-acl/releases/tag/0.6a0">datasette-acl 0.6a0</a></p><p>Advanced permission management for Datasette</p>

2026-06-17T03:56:10+00:002026-06-17T03:56:10+00:00https://tools.simonwillison.net/click-to-play-component

<p><a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/click-to-play-component"><click-to-play> — a still that plays</a></p>

2026-06-17T01:38:00+00:002026-06-17T01:38:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/17/sighting-372492466/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680671385/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680669743/large.jpg" alt="Botta&#x27;s Pocket Gopher"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680669944/large.jpg" alt="Great Blue Heron"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680670246/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680670686/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680671087/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, Botta&#x27;s Pocket Gopher, Great Blue Heron, California Sea Lion, Pacific Harbor Seal, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-06-16T21:31:24+00:002026-06-16T21:31:24+00:00https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a34

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a34">datasette 1.0a34</a></p><p>An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data</p>

2026-06-16T16:18:20+00:002026-06-16T16:18:20+00:00https://github.com/datasette/datasette-tailscale/releases/tag/0.1a0

<p><a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-tailscale/releases/tag/0.1a0">datasette-tailscale 0.1a0</a></p><p>Run a Datasette instance on a Tailscale network</p>

2026-06-16T01:56:00+00:002026-06-16T01:56:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/16/sighting-372171967/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680057714/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680057775/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680057840/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680057916/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"></p><p>Pacific Harbor Seal, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-06-16T00:21:36+00:002026-06-16T00:21:36+00:00https://til.simonwillison.net/cloudflare/captcha-on-at-least-one-ampersand

<p><a href="https://til.simonwillison.net/cloudflare/captcha-on-at-least-one-ampersand">Cloudflare CAPTCHA on at least one ampersand</a></p><p>I use Cloudflare's CAPTCHA (they call it a "Managed Challenge") on [simonwillison.net/search/](https://simonwillison.net/search/) to prevent crawlers from following every single possible combination of my [faceted search](https://simonwillison.net/2017/Oct/5/django-postgresql-faceted-search/) UI.</p>

2026-06-15T20:25:07+00:002026-06-15T20:25:07+00:00https://github.com/datasette/datasette-apps/releases/tag/0.1a3

<p><a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-apps/releases/tag/0.1a3">datasette-apps 0.1a3</a></p><p>Apps that live inside Datasette</p>

2026-06-15T17:26:11+00:002026-06-15T17:26:11+00:00https://github.com/datasette/datasette-apps/releases/tag/0.1a2

<p><a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-apps/releases/tag/0.1a2">datasette-apps 0.1a2</a></p><p>Apps that live inside Datasette</p>

2026-06-15T17:19:27+00:002026-06-15T17:19:27+00:00https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent/releases/tag/0.3a0

<p><a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent/releases/tag/0.3a0">datasette-agent 0.3a0</a></p><p>An LLM-powered agent for Datasette</p>

2026-06-15T00:38:00+00:002026-06-15T00:38:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/15/sighting-371818093/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679368849/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679368893/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679368963/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-06-14T02:11:00+00:002026-06-14T02:11:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/14/sighting-371687032/#atom-beats

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679116360/large.jpg" alt="Great Blue Heron"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679115808/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679116012/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679115365/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron, California Sea Lion, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-06-13T23:14:30+00:002026-06-13T23:14:30+00:00https://github.com/simonw/luau-wasm/releases/tag/0.1a0

<p><a href="https://github.com/simonw/luau-wasm/releases/tag/0.1a0">luau-wasm 0.1a0</a></p><p>Luau packaged as a Pyodide WebAssembly wheel</p>