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aws-emulator

Finally, an official emulator from AWS to run tests against a local clone of their many different services without having to provision a paid API key to do so. It's …

Gemini Decisions API

Google join Jev and OpenAI in the decision model category with "Gemini Decision 1". This new model API is almost identical to Jev: it supports the same three types of …

In Memoriam: Tim Peters 1952–2026 - Core Development - Discussions on Python.org

I am immensely sad to announce that Tim Peters has died earlier this year on July 15. It’s hard to overestimate Tim’s influence on Python. He’s probably best known for writing the Zen of Python (PEP 20), but to me he was a mentor and language co-designer long…

I deleted all my SSH keys

I’ve been using ed25519-sk keys with YubiKeys since practically the moment they were available. But because of some specific use-cases (and because, frankly, YubiKeys are expensive) I’ve had a few traditional on-disk keys hanging around for a while just waitin…

GitHub - aws/aws-emulator: AWS Emulator is a local emulator of the AWS APIs.

AWS Emulator is a local emulator of the AWS APIs. Contribute to aws/aws-emulator development by creating an account on GitHub.

Release: llm 0.37.2

Access large language models from the command-line

How a false smoke alarm almost drowned Jane Street’s only NYC datacenter

A war story from Jane Street’s systems team: a false smoke alarm, a datacenter with no cooling, and a sprint to pull every power cord before the sprinklers went off

Meteor Fear

Browse tools.simonwillison.net by tag

I've been wanting a better way to browse my collection of vibe-coded tools (244 and counting) for a while. I had a few Fable 5.2 credits left over before my …

My AI Agents Found an Unmapped Maya Site

AI agents analyzed NASA lidar data overnight and found a Maya site under the jungle that isn't on any map. Less than 72 hours later, Mexico's INAH replied.

Anthropic’s IPO roadshow video

Anthropic kicked off their IPO roadshow yesterday, and their roadshow video has some previously unreleased information about how their business works. The section on "Approach to compute" with co-founder Tom …

Apple has new Mac app coming to make running local AI models easy - 9to5Mac

Leaker Aaron Perris has discovered evidence of a new Mac app in the works at Apple that makes it easy to run local AI models.

You should try Gleam

Why a Rust developer might feel at home in Gleam, and where the BEAM is a different world.

After 7-months, Glasswing Overwelms Maintainers with Underwhelming Findings | Blog | VulnCheck

Seven months into Project Glasswing, VulnCheck has tracked 442 CVEs attributable to Anthropic, roughly 0.5% of all CVEs published this year, with only two identified as exploited in the wild. Of Anthropic’s 37,966 reported findings, only 7,349 (19.4%) have bee…

Glue work is still harmful in the age of AI

I am not a believer in glue work. Processes that can only be sustained by the unrewarded sacrifice of engineers ought to die. Now that LLMs are writing most of…

GitHub - GoogleChrome/modern-web-guidance: Keep your coding agent up to date with the latest web best practices

Keep your coding agent up to date with the latest web best practices - GoogleChrome/modern-web-guidance

Using a Pi-hole to Block Ads and Trackers on a Verizon FIOS router, Part 1 - DNS | no dogma blog

You can use a Pi-hole DNS with a Verizon router to block ads and trackers. Here are the steps to make the change.