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LLM 0.13: The annotated release notes
I just released LLM 0.13, the latest version of my LLM command-line tool for working with Large Language Models—both via APIs and running models locally using plugins.
[... 1,278 words]Weeknotes: datasette-test, datasette-build, PSF board retreat
I wrote about Page caching and custom templates in my last weeknotes. This week I wrapped up that work, modifying datasette-edit-templates to be compatible with the jinja2_environment_from_request() plugin hook. This means you can edit templates directly in Datasette itself and have those served either for the full instance or just for the instance when served from a specific domain (the Datasette Cloud case).
[... 757 words]Talking about Open Source LLMs on Oxide and Friends
I recorded an episode of the Oxide and Friends podcast on Monday, talking with Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal about Open Source LLMs.
[... 1,995 words]Publish Python packages to PyPI with a python-lib cookiecutter template and GitHub Actions
I use cookiecutter to start almost all of my Python projects. It helps me quickly generate a skeleton of a project with my preferred directory structure and configured tools.
[... 686 words]What I should have said about the term Artificial Intelligence
With the benefit of hindsight, I did a bad job with my post, It’s OK to call it Artificial Intelligence a few days ago.
[... 376 words]Weeknotes: Page caching and custom templates for Datasette Cloud
My main development focus this week has been adding public page caching to Datasette Cloud, and exploring what custom template support might look like for that service.
[... 924 words]It’s OK to call it Artificial Intelligence
Update 9th January 2024: This post was clumsily written and failed to make the point I wanted it to make. I’ve published a follow-up, What I should have said about the term Artificial Intelligence which you should read instead.
[... 1,818 words]Tom Scott, and the formidable power of escalating streaks
Ten years ago yesterday, Tom Scott posted this video to YouTube about “Special Crossings For Horses In Britain”. It was the first in his Things You Might Not Know series, but more importantly it was the start of a streak.
[... 1,352 words]datasette-scraper, Big Local News and other weeknotes
In addition to exploring the new MusicCaps training and evaluation data I’ve been working on the big Datasette JSON refactor, and getting excited about a Datasette project that I didn’t work on at all.
[... 1,744 words]Exploring MusicCaps, the evaluation data released to accompany Google’s MusicLM text-to-music model
Google Research just released MusicLM: Generating Music From Text. It’s a new generative AI model that takes a descriptive prompt and produces a “high-fidelity” music track. Here’s the paper (and a more readable version using arXiv Vanity).
[... 1,323 words]Weeknotes: AI hacking and a SpatiaLite tutorial
Short weeknotes this time because the key things I worked on have already been covered here:
How to implement Q&A against your documentation with GPT3, embeddings and Datasette
If you’ve spent any time with GPT-3 or ChatGPT, you’ve likely thought about how useful it would be if you could point them at a specific, current collection of text or documentation and have it use that as part of its input for answering questions.
[... 3,491 words]Datasette 0.64, with a warning about SpatiaLite
I release Datasette 0.64 this morning. This release is mainly a response to the realization that it’s not safe to run Datasette with the SpatiaLite extension loaded if that Datasette instance is configured to enable arbitrary SQL queries from untrusted users.
[... 675 words]Writing better release notes
Release notes are an important part of the open source process. I’ve been thinking about these a lot recently, and I’ve assembled some thoughts on how to do a better job with them.
[... 918 words]Weeknotes: python_requires, documentation SEO
Fixed Datasette on Python 3.6 for the last time. Worked on documentation infrastructure improvements. Spent some time with Fly Volumes.
[... 1,497 words]Weeknotes: s3-credentials prefix and Datasette 0.60
A new release of s3-credentials with support for restricting access to keys that start with a prefix, Datasette 0.60 and a write-up of my process for shipping a feature.
[... 1,134 words]Datasette 0.60: The annotated release notes
I released Datasette 0.60 today. It’s a big release, incorporating 61 commits and 18 issues. Here are the annotated release notes.
[... 1,119 words]How I build a feature
I’m maintaining a lot of different projects at the moment. I thought it would be useful to describe the process I use for adding a new feature to one of them, using the new sqlite-utils create-database command as an example.
[... 2,779 words]What’s new in sqlite-utils 3.20 and 3.21: --lines, --text, --convert
sqlite-utils is my combined CLI tool and Python library for manipulating SQLite databases. Consider this the annotated release notes for sqlite-utils 3.20 and 3.21, both released in the past week.
[... 2,456 words]Weeknotes: Taking a break in Moss Landing
Took some time off. Saw some whales and sea otters. Added a new spot to Niche Museums.
[... 578 words]Weeknotes: datasette-leaflet, datasette-plugin cookiecutter upgrades
This week I shipped Datasette 0.54, sent out the latest Datasette Newsletter and then mostly worked on follow-up projects.
[... 552 words]Datasette 0.54: The annotated release notes
Datasette 0.54 is out today, with a number of foundational new features. As I’ve done for previous releases, here are the annotated release notes with some additional commentary.
[... 1,276 words]Drawing shapes on a map to query a SpatiaLite database (and other weeknotes)
This week I built a Datasette plugin that lets you query a database by drawing shapes on a map!
[... 950 words]Weeknotes: Still pretty distracted
Not a lot to report this week. U.S. politics continues to make it extremely difficult to focus on anything substantial.
[... 727 words]Weeknotes: datasette-export-notebook, PyInstaller packaged Datasette, CBSAs
What a terrible week. I’ve found it hard to concentrate on anything substantial. In a mostly futile attempt to distract myself from doomscrolling I’ve mainly been building some experimental output plugins, fiddling with PyInstaller and messing around with shapefiles.
[... 732 words]APIs from CSS without JavaScript: the datasette-css-properties plugin
I built a new Datasette plugin called datasette-css-properties. It’s very, very weird—it adds a .css output extension to Datasette which outputs the result of a SQL query using CSS custom property format. This means you can display the results of database queries using pure CSS and HTML, no JavaScript required!
Weeknotes: A flurry of not-quite-finished features
My Christmas present to myself this year was to allow myself to spend a week working on stuff I found interesting, rather than sticking to the most important things. This may have been a mistake: it’s left me with a flurry of interesting but not-quite-finished features.
[... 2,249 words]Weeknotes: datasette-auth-existing-cookies and datasette-sentry
Work on Datasette Cloud continues—I’m tantalizingly close to having a MVP I can start to invite people to try out.
[... 701 words]Weeknotes: Datasette Cloud and zero downtime deployments
Yesterday’s piece on Tracking FARA by deploying a data API using GitHub Actions and Cloud Run was originally intended to be my weeknotes, but ended up getting a bit too involved.
[... 1,431 words]Tracking FARA by deploying a data API using GitHub Actions and Cloud Run
I’m using the combination of GitHub Actions and Google Cloud Run to retrieve data from the U.S. Department of Justice FARA website and deploy it as a queryable API using Datasette.
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