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Release sqlite-utils-ask 0.1a0 — Ask questions of your data with LLM assistance
Release datasette-checkbox 0.1a2 — Add interactive checkboxes to columns in Datasette
Release datasette-checkbox 0.1a1 — Add interactive checkboxes to columns in Datasette
Release datasette-checkbox 0.1a0 — Add interactive checkboxes to columns in Datasette
Release datasette 1.0a15 — An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data
Release asgi-csrf 0.10 — ASGI middleware for protecting against CSRF attacks
TIL Using sqlite-vec with embeddings in sqlite-utils and Datasette — Alex Garcia's [sqlite-vec](https://github.com/asg017/sqlite-vec) SQLite extension provides a bunch of useful functions for working with vectors inside SQLite.
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TIL Using pytest-django with a reusable Django application — I published a reusable Django application today: **[django-http-debug](https://github.com/simonw/django-http-debug)**, which lets you define mock HTTP endpoints using the Django admin - like `/webhook-debug/` for example, configure what they should return and view detailed logs of every request they receive.
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Release django-http-debug 0.2 — Django app for creating endpoints that log incoming request and return mock data
Release django-http-debug 0.1a0 — Django app for creating endpoints that log incoming request and return mock data
Release datasette-remote-metadata 0.2a0 — Periodically refresh Datasette metadata from a remote URL
Release datasette 1.0a14 — An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data
TIL Assistance with release notes using GitHub Issues — I like to write the release notes for my projects by hand, but sometimes it can be useful to have some help along the way.
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TIL Back-dating Git commits based on file modification dates — I fell down a bit of a rabbit hole this morning. In trying to figure out [where the idea of celebrating World Wide Web Day on August 1st](https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/1/august-1st-world-wide-web-day/) came from I ran across Tim Berners-Lee's original code for the WorldWideWeb application for NeXT on the W3C's website:
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TIL HTML video with subtitles — Via [Mariatta](https://fosstodon.org/@mariatta/112883308634473940) I found my [PyVideo speaker page](https://pyvideo.org/speaker/simon-willison.html), and thanks to that page I learned that a talk I gave in 2009 had been rescued from the now-deceased [Blip.tv](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip.tv) and is now hosted by the Internet Archive:
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Release fetch-github-issues 0.1.2 — Fetch all GitHub issues for a repository
Release fetch-github-issues 0.1.1 — Fetch all GitHub issues for a repository
Release fetch-github-issues 0.1 — Fetch all GitHub issues for a repository
Release datasette-extract 0.1a8 — Import unstructured data (text and images) into structured tables
Tool Image resize, crop, and quality comparison — Compare images at different sizes and quality levels by uploading a photo, defining a crop area, and generating multiple preview versions with varying dimensions and compression settings. The tool displays file sizes for each variant and allows interactive toggling between normal and full-width viewing modes, as well as direct downloads. Transparency detection automatically reveals a background color picker when needed for images with alpha channels.
Release llm-mistral 0.5 — LLM plugin providing access to Mistral models using the Mistral API
Release llm-gguf 0.1a0 — Run models distributed as GGUF files using LLM
Release llm 0.15 — Access large language models from the command-line
Release sqlite-utils 3.37 — Python CLI utility and library for manipulating SQLite databases
Tool EXIF Data Viewer — Extract EXIF metadata and GPS coordinates from uploaded images using this viewer. Simply upload or drag-and-drop an image file to instantly display all embedded EXIF data, including GPS latitude and longitude if available. The tool supports common image formats such as JPEG, PNG, and HEIC.
Release llm-mistral 0.4 — LLM plugin providing access to Mistral models using the Mistral API
TIL Trying out free-threaded Python on macOS — Inspired by [py-free-threading.github.io](https://py-free-threading.github.io/) I decided to try out a beta of Python 3.13 with the new free-threaded mode enabled, which removes the GIL.
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Release datasette-python 0.1 — Run a Python interpreter in the Datasette virtual environment
TIL Accessing 1Password items from the terminal — I save things like API keys in [1Password](https://1password.com/). Today I figured out how to access those from macOS terminal scripts.
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Tool Box shadow CSS generator — Generate custom CSS box-shadow effects with interactive controls and real-time preview. Adjust horizontal and vertical offsets, blur radius, spread radius, color, and opacity using intuitive sliders and color picker to visualize shadow changes instantly. Copy the generated CSS code directly to your clipboard for immediate use in your stylesheets.