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2026-01-25 23:51:32+00:00 |
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2026-01-25 04:53:01+00:00 |
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2026-01-24 23:31:03+00:00 |
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2026-01-24 21:34:35+00:00 |
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2026-01-22 17:42:34+00:00 |
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2026-01-22 15:34:22+00:00 |
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2026-01-21 23:39:49+00:00 |
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2026-01-20 23:11:57+00:00 |
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2026-01-20 17:51:17+00:00 |
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2026-01-19 23:58:56+00:00 |
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2026-01-18 23:58:58+00:00 |
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"commentary": "On 15th January Black Forest Labs, a lab formed by the creators of the original Stable Diffusion, released [black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-4B](https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-4B) - an Apache 2.0 licensed 4 billion parameter version of their FLUX.2 family.\r\n\r\nSalvatore Sanfilippo (antirez) decided to build a pure C and dependency-free implementation to run the model, with assistance from Claude Code and Claude Opus 4.5.\r\n\r\nSalvatore shared [this note](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46670279#46671233) on Hacker News:\r\n\r\n> Something that may be interesting for the reader of this thread: this project was possible only once I started to tell Opus that it *needed* to take a file with all the implementation notes, and also accumulating all the things we discovered during the development process. And also, the file had clear instructions to be taken updated, and to be processed ASAP after context compaction. This kinda enabled Opus to do such a big coding task in a reasonable amount of time without loosing track. Check the file IMPLEMENTATION_NOTES.md in the GitHub repo for more info.\r\n\r\nHere's that [IMPLEMENTATION_NOTES.md](https://github.com/antirez/flux2.c/blob/main/IMPLEMENTATION_NOTES.md) file.",
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2026-01-17 17:06:41+00:00 |
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2026-01-16 21:28:26+00:00 |
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2026-01-15 23:56:56+00:00 |
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| blogmark |
2026-01-15 16:08:27+00:00 |
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2026-01-15 00:56:27+00:00 |
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2026-01-14 22:15:22+00:00 |
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2026-01-13 23:58:17+00:00 |
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"commentary": "This is outstanding news, especially given our decision to withdraw from that NSF grant application [back in October](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/psf-withdrawn-proposal/).\r\n\r\n> We are thrilled to announce that Anthropic has entered into a two-year partnership with the Python Software Foundation (PSF) to contribute a landmark total of $1.5 million to support the foundation\u2019s work, with an emphasis on Python ecosystem security. This investment will enable the PSF to make crucial security advances to CPython and the Python Package Index (PyPI) benefiting all users, and it will also sustain the foundation\u2019s core work supporting the Python language, ecosystem, and global community.\r\n\r\nNote that while security is a focus these funds will also support other aspects of the PSF's work:\r\n\r\n> Anthropic\u2019s support will also go towards the PSF\u2019s core work, including the Developer in Residence program driving contributions to CPython, community support through grants and other programs, running core infrastructure such as PyPI, and more.",
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2026-01-12 22:24:54+00:00 |
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"commentary": "Classic prompt injection attack:\r\n\r\n> When asked to summarize the user\u2019s recent mail, a prompt injection in an untrusted email manipulated Superhuman AI to submit content from dozens of other sensitive emails (including financial, legal, and medical information) in the user\u2019s inbox to an attacker\u2019s Google Form.\r\n\r\nTo Superhuman's credit they treated this as the high priority incident it is and issued a fix.\r\n\r\nThe root cause was a CSP rule that allowed markdown images to be loaded from `docs.google.com` - it turns out Google Forms on that domain will persist data fed to them via a GET request!",
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2026-01-11 23:58:43+00:00 |
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2026-01-11 17:35:57+00:00 |
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2026-01-11 02:29:58+00:00 |
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2026-01-10 23:41:58+00:00 |
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2026-01-08 15:32:08+00:00 |
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2026-01-07 17:29:29+00:00 |
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2026-01-07 00:54:41+00:00 |
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2026-01-06 22:38:00+00:00 |
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2026-01-05 19:30:24+00:00 |
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2026-01-05 16:53:05+00:00 |
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2026-01-04 16:40:39+00:00 |
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2026-01-04 03:03:20+00:00 |
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2026-01-03 05:57:07+00:00 |
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2026-01-02 19:57:37+00:00 |
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2026-01-02 19:10:43+00:00 |
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2025-12-31 16:35:28+00:00 |
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2025-12-30 23:54:58+00:00 |
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2025-12-30 23:51:33+00:00 |
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2025-12-30 16:05:08+00:00 |
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2025-12-29 22:33:13+00:00 |
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2025-12-29 21:51:49+00:00 |
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2025-12-29 20:50:22+00:00 |
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2025-12-29 19:58:45+00:00 |
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2025-12-28 22:45:10+00:00 |
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2025-12-27 14:13:43+00:00 |
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2025-12-27 03:23:34+00:00 |
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2025-12-26 23:43:15+00:00 |
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2025-12-24 22:05:23+00:00 |
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2025-12-23 23:03:00+00:00 |
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2025-12-23 20:53:40+00:00 |
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2025-12-21 05:26:09+00:00 |
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2025-12-19 23:07:52+00:00 |
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2025-12-19 18:33:41+00:00 |
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2025-12-19 05:21:17+00:00 |
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"commentary": "The latest in OpenAI's [Codex family of models](https://simonwillison.net/tags/gpt-codex/) (not the same thing as their Codex CLI or Codex Cloud coding agent tools).\r\n\r\n> GPT\u20115.2-Codex is a version of [GPT\u20115.2\u2060](https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-2/) further optimized for agentic coding in Codex, including improvements on long-horizon work through context compaction, stronger performance on large code changes like refactors and migrations, improved performance in Windows environments, and significantly stronger cybersecurity capabilities.\r\n\r\nAs with some previous Codex models this one is available via their Codex coding agents now and will be coming to the API \"in the coming weeks\". Unlike previous models there's a new invite-only preview process for vetted cybersecurity professionals for \"more permissive models\".\r\n\r\nI've been very impressed recently with GPT 5.2's ability to [tackle multi-hour agentic coding challenges](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/15/porting-justhtml/). 5.2 Codex scores 64% on the Terminal-Bench 2.0 benchmark that GPT-5.2 scored 62.2% on. I'm not sure how concrete that 1.8% improvement will be!\r\n\r\nI didn't hack API access together this time (see [previous attempts](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/9/gpt-5-codex-mini/)), instead opting to just ask Codex CLI to \"Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle\" while running the new model (effort medium). [Here's the transcript](https://tools.simonwillison.net/codex-timeline?url=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/simonw/10ad81e82889a97a7d28827e0ea6d768/raw/d749473b37d86d519b4c3fa0892b5e54b5941b38/rollout-2025-12-18T16-09-10-019b33f0-6111-7840-89b0-aedf755a6e10.jsonl#tz=local&q=&type=all&payload=all&role=all&hide=1&truncate=1&sel=3) in my new Codex CLI timeline viewer, and here's the pelican it drew:\r\n\r\n",
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2025-12-19 01:09:18+00:00 |
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2025-12-18 23:57:58+00:00 |
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2025-12-18 01:42:22+00:00 |
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2025-12-17 23:23:35+00:00 |
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2025-12-17 01:48:54+00:00 |
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2025-12-16 23:59:22+00:00 |
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2025-12-16 23:40:31+00:00 |
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2025-12-16 23:35:33+00:00 |
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2025-12-16 22:57:02+00:00 |
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2025-12-16 04:09:51+00:00 |
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2025-12-16 01:25:37+00:00 |
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2025-12-15 17:27:59+00:00 |
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2025-12-14 05:06:19+00:00 |
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2025-12-13 14:01:31+00:00 |
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2025-12-13 03:47:43+00:00 |
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2025-12-12 20:20:14+00:00 |
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"commentary": "I released a new version of my [LLM](https://llm.datasette.io/) Python library and CLI tool for interacting with Large Language Models. Highlights from the release notes:\r\n\r\n> - New OpenAI models: `gpt-5.1`, `gpt-5.1-chat-latest`, `gpt-5.2` and `gpt-5.2-chat-latest`. [#1300](https://github.com/simonw/llm/issues/1300), [#1317](https://github.com/simonw/llm/issues/1317)\r\n> - When fetching URLs as fragments using `llm -f URL`, the request now includes a custom user-agent header: `llm/VERSION (https://llm.datasette.io/)`. [#1309](https://github.com/simonw/llm/issues/1309)\r\n> - Fixed a bug where fragments were not correctly registered with their source when using `llm chat`. Thanks, [Giuseppe Rota](https://github.com/grota). [#1316](https://github.com/simonw/llm/pull/1316)\r\n> - Fixed some file descriptor leak warnings. Thanks, [Eric Bloch](https://github.com/eedeebee). [#1313](https://github.com/simonw/llm/issues/1313)\r\n> - Type annotations for the OpenAI Chat, AsyncChat and Completion `execute()` methods. Thanks, [Arjan Mossel](https://github.com/ar-jan). [#1315](https://github.com/simonw/llm/pull/1315)\r\n> - The project now uses `uv` and dependency groups for development. See the updated [contributing documentation](https://llm.datasette.io/en/stable/contributing.html). [#1318](https://github.com/simonw/llm/issues/1318)\r\n\r\nThat last bullet point about `uv` relates to the dependency groups pattern I [wrote about in a recent TIL](https://til.simonwillison.net/uv/dependency-groups). I'm currently working through applying it to my other projects - the net result is that running the test suite is as simple as doing:\r\n\r\n git clone https://github.com/simonw/llm\r\n cd llm\r\n uv run pytest\r\n\r\nThe new `dev` dependency group [defined in pyproject.toml](https://github.com/simonw/llm/blob/0.28/pyproject.toml#L44-L69) is automatically installed by `uv run` in a new virtual environment which means everything needed to run `pytest` is available without needing to add any extra commands.",
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2025-12-10 20:18:58+00:00 |
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2025-12-10 00:34:15+00:00 |
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"commentary": "Internet Security Research Group co-founder and Executive Director Josh Aas:\r\n\r\n> On September 14, 2015, [our first publicly-trusted certificate went live](https://crt.sh/?id=9314793). [...] Today, Let\u2019s Encrypt is the largest certificate authority in the world in terms of certificates issued, the ACME protocol we helped create and standardize is integrated throughout the server ecosystem, and we\u2019ve become a household name among system administrators. We\u2019re closing in on protecting one billion web sites.\r\n\r\nTheir growth rate and numbers are wild:\r\n\r\n> In March 2016, we issued our one millionth certificate. Just two years later, in September 2018, we were issuing a million certificates every day. In 2020 we reached a billion total certificates issued and as of late 2025 we\u2019re frequently issuing ten million certificates per day.\r\n\r\nAccording to [their stats](https://letsencrypt.org/stats/) the amount of Firefox traffic protected by HTTPS doubled from 39% at the start of 2016 to ~80% today. I think it's difficult to over-estimate the impact Let's Encrypt has had on the security of the web.",
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| blogmark |
2025-12-09 23:58:27+00:00 |
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2025-12-09 22:24:48+00:00 |
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"commentary": "Announced today as a new foundation under the parent umbrella of the Linux Foundation (see also the OpenJS Foundation, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, OpenSSF and [many more](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects)).\r\n\r\nThe AAIF was started by a heavyweight group of \"founding platinum members\" ([$350,000](https://aaif.io/members/#join)): AWS, Anthropic, Block, Bloomberg, Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI. The [stated goal](https://aaif.io/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation-aaif-anchored-by-new-project-contributions-including-model-context-protocol-mcp-goose-and-agents-md/) is to provide \"a neutral, open foundation to ensure agentic AI evolves transparently and collaboratively\".\r\n\r\nAnthropic have [donated Model Context Protocol](https://www.anthropic.com/news/donating-the-model-context-protocol-and-establishing-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation) to the new foundation, OpenAI [donated AGENTS.md](https://openai.com/index/agentic-ai-foundation/), Block [donated goose](https://block.xyz/inside/block-anthropic-and-openai-launch-the-agentic-ai-foundation) (their [open source, extensible AI agent](https://github.com/block/goose)).\r\n\r\nPersonally the project I'd like to see most from an initiative like this one is a clear, community-managed specification for the OpenAI Chat Completions JSON API - or a close equivalent. There are dozens of slightly incompatible implementations of that not-quite-specification floating around already, it would be great to have a written spec accompanied by a compliance test suite.",
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2025-12-09 20:19:21+00:00 |
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2025-12-09 12:04:43+00:00 |
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2025-12-09 03:11:19+00:00 |
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2025-12-09 01:13:39+00:00 |
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2025-12-08 03:16:41+00:00 |
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2025-12-07 21:28:28+00:00 |
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2025-12-07 21:28:17+00:00 |
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2025-12-07 20:33:54+00:00 |
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2025-12-06 18:30:56+00:00 |
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"commentary": "Chris Lewis decompiles N64 games. He wrote about this previously in [Using Coding Agents to Decompile Nintendo 64 Games](https://blog.chrislewis.au/using-coding-agents-to-decompile-nintendo-64-games/), describing his efforts to decompile Snowboard Kids 2 ([released in 1999](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowboard_Kids_2)) using a \"matching\" process:\r\n\r\n> The matching decompilation process involves analysing the MIPS assembly, inferring its behaviour, and writing C that, when compiled with the same toolchain and settings, reproduces the exact code: same registers, delay slots, and instruction order. [...]\r\n>\r\n> A good match is more than just C code that compiles to the right bytes. It should look like something an N64-era developer would plausibly have written: simple, idiomatic C control flow and sensible data structures.\r\n\r\nChris was getting some useful results from coding agents earlier on, but this [new post](https://blog.chrislewis.au/the-unexpected-effectiveness-of-one-shot-decompilation-with-claude/) describes how a switching to a new processing Claude Opus 4.5 and Claude Code has massively accelerated the project - as demonstrated started by this chart on [the decomp.dev page](https://decomp.dev/cdlewis/snowboardkids2-decomp?mode=history) for his project:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHere's [the prompt he was using](https://github.com/cdlewis/snowboardkids2-decomp/blob/852f47a4905a08d5d652387597bc5b47d29582f2/CLAUDE.md).\r\n\r\nThe big productivity boost was unlocked by switching to use Claude Code in non-interactive mode and having it tackle the less complicated functions (aka the lowest hanging fruit) first. Here's the relevant code from the [driving Bash script](https://github.com/cdlewis/snowboardkids2-decomp/blob/785db3cb0ce356e57ea5016835499fd6b393c490/tools/vacuum.sh#L44-L54):\r\n\r\n<pre>simplest_func=<span class=\"pl-s\"><span class=\"pl-pds\">$(</span>python3 tools/score_functions.py asm/nonmatchings/ <span class=\"pl-k\">2>&1</span><span class=\"pl-pds\">)</span></span>\r\n<span class=\"pl-c\"><span class=\"pl-c\">#</span> ...</span>\r\noutput=<span class=\"pl-s\"><span class=\"pl-pds\">$(</span>claude -p <span class=\"pl-s\"><span class=\"pl-pds\">\"</span>decompile the function <span class=\"pl-smi\">$simplest_func</span><span class=\"pl-pds\">\"</span></span> <span class=\"pl-k\">2>&1</span> <span class=\"pl-k\">|</span> tee -a tools/vacuum.log<span class=\"pl-pds\">)</span></span></pre>\r\n\r\n[score_functions.py](https://github.com/cdlewis/snowboardkids2-decomp/blob/785db3cb0ce356e57ea5016835499fd6b393c490/tools/score_functions.py) uses some heuristics to decide which of the remaining un-matched functions look to be the least complex.",
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2025-12-06 14:40:46+00:00 |
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| blogmark |
2025-12-05 06:03:29+00:00 |
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"commentary": "I spotted an interesting new feature [in the release notes for pytest 9.0.0](https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/changelog.html#pytest-9-0-0-2025-11-05): [subtests](https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/subtests.html#subtests).\r\n\r\nI'm a *big* user of the [pytest.mark.parametrize](https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/example/parametrize.html) decorator - see [Documentation unit tests](https://simonwillison.net/2018/Jul/28/documentation-unit-tests/) from 2018 - so I thought it would be interesting to try out subtests and see if they're a useful alternative.\r\n\r\n<p>Short version: this parameterized test:</p>\r\n<pre><span class=\"pl-en\">@<span class=\"pl-s1\">pytest</span>.<span class=\"pl-c1\">mark</span>.<span class=\"pl-c1\">parametrize</span>(<span class=\"pl-s\">\"setting\"</span>, <span class=\"pl-s1\">app</span>.<span class=\"pl-c1\">SETTINGS</span>)</span>\r\n<span class=\"pl-k\">def</span> <span class=\"pl-en\">test_settings_are_documented</span>(<span class=\"pl-s1\">settings_headings</span>, <span class=\"pl-s1\">setting</span>):\r\n <span class=\"pl-k\">assert</span> <span class=\"pl-s1\">setting</span>.<span class=\"pl-c1\">name</span> <span class=\"pl-c1\">in</span> <span class=\"pl-s1\">settings_headings</span></pre>\r\n<p>Becomes this using subtests instead:</p>\r\n<pre><span class=\"pl-k\">def</span> <span class=\"pl-en\">test_settings_are_documented</span>(<span class=\"pl-s1\">settings_headings</span>, <span class=\"pl-s1\">subtests</span>):\r\n <span class=\"pl-k\">for</span> <span class=\"pl-s1\">setting</span> <span class=\"pl-c1\">in</span> <span class=\"pl-s1\">app</span>.<span class=\"pl-c1\">SETTINGS</span>:\r\n <span class=\"pl-k\">with</span> <span class=\"pl-s1\">subtests</span>.<span class=\"pl-c1\">test</span>(<span class=\"pl-s1\">setting</span><span class=\"pl-c1\">=</span><span class=\"pl-s1\">setting</span>.<span class=\"pl-c1\">name</span>):\r\n <span class=\"pl-k\">assert</span> <span class=\"pl-s1\">setting</span>.<span class=\"pl-c1\">name</span> <span class=\"pl-c1\">in</span> <span class=\"pl-s1\">settings_headings</span></pre>\r\n<p>Why is this better? Two reasons:</p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>It appears to run a bit faster</li>\r\n<li>Subtests can be created programatically after running some setup code first</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p>I <a href=\"https://gistpreview.github.io/?0487e5bb12bcbed850790a6324788e1b\">had Claude Code</a> port <a href=\"https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/2609/files\">several tests</a> to the new pattern. I like it.</p>",
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2025-12-05 04:28:05+00:00 |
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| blogmark |
2025-12-05 01:19:26+00:00 |
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2025-12-04 23:57:34+00:00 |
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2025-12-03 19:18:49+00:00 |
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2025-12-03 05:55:23+00:00 |
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2025-12-02 18:40:05+00:00 |
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2025-12-02 17:30:57+00:00 |
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2025-12-02 00:35:02+00:00 |
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2025-12-01 23:56:19+00:00 |
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"commentary": "Two new open weight (MIT licensed) models from DeepSeek today: [DeepSeek-V3.2](https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2) and [DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale](https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale), both 690GB, 685B parameters. Here's the [PDF tech report](https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2/resolve/main/assets/paper.pdf).\r\n\r\nDeepSeek-V3.2 is DeepSeek's new flagship model, now running on [chat.deepseek.com](https://chat.deepseek.com).\r\n\r\nThe difference between the two new models is best explained by this paragraph from the technical report:\r\n\r\n> DeepSeek-V3.2 integrates reasoning, agent, and human alignment data distilled from specialists, undergoing thousands of steps of continued RL training to reach the final checkpoints. To investigate the potential of extended thinking, we also developed an experimental variant, DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale. This model was trained exclusively on reasoning data with a reduced length penalty during RL. Additionally, we incorporated the dataset and reward method from DeepSeekMath-V2 (Shao et al., 2025) to enhance capabilities in mathematical proofs.\r\n\r\nI covered [DeepSeek-Math-V2 last week](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/27/deepseek-math-v2/). Like that model, DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale also scores gold on the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad so beloved of model training teams!\r\n\r\nI tried both models on \"Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle\" using the chat feature of [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/). DeepSeek V3.2 produced this very short reasoning chain:\r\n\r\n> Let's assume the following:\r\n>\r\n> Wheel radius: 40<br>\r\n> Distance between wheel centers: 180<br>\r\n> Seat height: 60 (above the rear wheel center)<br>\r\n> Handlebars: above the front wheel, extending back and up.\r\n>\r\n> We'll set the origin at the center of the rear wheel.\r\n>\r\n> We'll create the SVG with a viewBox that fits the entire drawing.\r\n>\r\n> Let's start by setting up the SVG.\r\n\r\nFollowed by this illustration:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHere's what I got from the Speciale model, which thought deeply about the geometry of bicycles and pelicans for [a very long time (at least 10 minutes)](https://gist.githubusercontent.com/simonw/3debaf0df67c2d99a36f41f21ffe534c/raw/fbbb60c6d5b6f02d539ade5105b990490a81a86d/svg.txt) before spitting out this result:\r\n\r\n",
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2025-12-01 17:22:24+00:00 |
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2025-12-01 05:26:23+00:00 |
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"commentary": "I just fixed this bug on my blog. I was getting an annoying \"Error 153: Video player configuration error\" on some of the YouTube video embeds (like [this one](https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jun/21/search-based-rag/)) on this site. After some digging it turns out the culprit was this HTTP header, which Django's SecurityMiddleware was [sending by default](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/middleware/#module-django.middleware.security):\r\n\r\n Referrer-Policy: same-origin\r\n\r\nYouTube's [embedded player terms documentation](https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms/required-minimum-functionality#embedded-player-api-client-identity) explains why this broke:\r\n\r\n> API Clients that use the YouTube embedded player (including the YouTube IFrame Player API) must provide identification through the `HTTP Referer` request header. In some environments, the browser will automatically set `HTTP Referer`, and API Clients need only ensure they are not setting the [`Referrer-Policy`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/Referrer-Policy) in a way that suppresses the `Referer` value. YouTube recommends using `strict-origin-when-cross-origin` Referrer-Policy, which is already the default in many browsers.\r\n\r\nThe fix, which I [outsourced to GitHub Copilot agent](https://github.com/simonw/simonwillisonblog/pull/562) since I was on my phone, was to add this to my `settings.py`:\r\n\r\n SECURE_REFERRER_POLICY = \"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\r\n\r\nThis [explainer on the Chrome blog](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/referrer-policy-new-chrome-default) describes what the header means:\r\n\r\n> `strict-origin-when-cross-origin` offers more privacy. With this policy, only the origin is sent in the Referer header of cross-origin requests.\r\n>\r\n> This prevents leaks of private data that may be accessible from other parts of the full URL such as the path and query string.\r\n\r\nEffectively it means that any time you follow a link from my site to somewhere else they'll see this in the incoming HTTP headers even if you followed the link from a page other than my homepage:\r\n\r\n Referer: https://simonwillison.net/\r\n\r\nThe previous header, `same-origin`, is [explained by MDN here](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/Referrer-Policy):\r\n\r\n> Send the [origin](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Origin), path, and query string for [same-origin](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Same-origin_policy) requests. Don't send the [`Referer`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/Referer) header for cross-origin requests.\r\n\r\nThis meant that previously traffic from my site wasn't sending any HTTP referer at all!",
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