Simon Willison
3d ago
datasette-apps 0.3a0
Release: datasette-apps 0.3a0 Datasette Apps adds support for hosting and editing custom HTML applications inside of Datasette. These can be created by hand, but it's easier to create them usi...
datasette-agent 0.5a0
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The article announces the release of datasette-explain version 0.2.2, noting that the plugin’s plan explanations now work on read‑only stored‑query pages. The author upgraded the demo site to Datasette 1.0a40, which motivated the new plugin version. The release is tagged for sqlite and datasette users.
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Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude
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Simon Willison
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datasette 1.0a40
The article announces the release of Datasette 1.0a40, which includes a security fix identical to that in version 0.65.5, new features such as the ability for plugins to launch and manage background tasks via the datasette.add_background_task() method, and a migration to httpx2 to support features like datasette.client.get(). The update also contains numerous bug fixes, many of which were addressed during a recent triage effort for the upcoming 1.0 stable release.
Simon Willison
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llm 0.36
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Simon Willison
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Stop Making TUIs
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Simon Willison
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web-edit 0.1a0
Simon Willison released web-edit 0.1a0, a Python web app that offers a web UI for viewing and editing files within a folder. The app was built using Codex Remote and GPT‑6 Astra Extra High, and it utilizes CodeMirror 6 for editing, chosen over Monaco for better mobile support. Designed to run over Tailscale, the tool allows the author to edit files directly from his phone without routing credentials through the LLM.
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Simon Willison
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datasette 0.65.4
The article announces the release of Datasette version 0.65.4, noting that it includes security updates. It references the Datasette blog for more details on the 1.0a39 and 0.65.4 security releases. The release is tagged as a security update for the Datasette project.