Simon Willison

datasette 1.0a39

The article announces the release of Datasette version 1.0a39, noting that it includes security updates. It references the Datasette blog for details on the 1.0a39 release and the 0.65.4 security releases. The release is tagged with security and datasette.

Simon Willison
Sep 11

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.

Simon Willison
3d ago

datasette-explain 0.2.2

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.

Simon Willison
6d ago

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
6d ago

datasette 0.65.5

The article announces the release of datasette version 0.65.5. It includes a security fix that addresses an issue where a trailing newline in a requested table name could bypass table permissions and expose private rows. The vulnerability was reported by dpfkdlemtp and is referenced by GHSA-h547-rmjf-5m2m.

Simon Willison
Sep 11

Datasette 1.0a39 and 0.65.4 security releases

Datasette 1.0a39 and 0.65.4 are new security patch releases for the current alpha series and the stable 0.65.x family. The updates address security fixes that are important for public-facing Datasette instances, especially those that mix public and private tables. The patches were developed after an extensive audit using advanced AI models and collaborative review, and the process will be incorporated into future development work.

Simon Willison
Sep 11

datasette-publish-fly 1.4

The article announces the release of datasette-publish-fly version 1.4. It highlights new features such as setting force_https=true in fly.toml, a fix for the "Volume could not be found" bug, and compatibility with app‑scoped deploy tokens. The release is tagged under datasette and fly.

Simon Willison
3d ago

datasette-auth-github 1.0

The article announces the 1.0 release of the datasette-auth-github plugin. The author discovered that the plugin was setting cookies without a Max‑Age parameter, causing sessions to expire at the end of a browser session, especially on Mobile Safari. This issue was fixed in pull request #80, and the plugin is now stable and tested against Datasette 0.65.x and 1.0ax.

Simon Willison
Sep 1

datasette-mcp 0.2

Release: datasette-mcp 0.2 "rows" from execute_sql is now an array of objects. Previously it was an array of arrays. This should help weaker models avoid losing track of which positional arr...

Google AI Blog
Feb 13, 2024

DP-Auditorium: A flexible library for auditing differential privacy

Posted by Mónica Ribero Díaz, Research Scientist, Google Research Differential privacy (DP) is a property of randomized mechanisms that limit the influence of any individual user’s information while processing and analyzing data. DP offers a robust solution to address growing concerns about data protection, enabling technologies across industries and government applications (e.

By Google AI
Simon Willison
Aug 11

datasette-upload-dbs 0.5a0

Release: datasette-upload-dbs 0. 5a0 This plugin has been around for a while - it lets users upload a brand new SQLite database to a hosted Datasette instance, at which point that database will start being served by that instance.

Towards Data Science
Aug 30

Context Engineering Is Changing. Here’s What It Means for Data Scientists

The article discusses how context engineering is evolving and outlines practical ways data scientists can incorporate the newest guidelines into their everyday work. It explains the importance of adapting to these changes to improve model performance and relevance. The piece offers actionable steps for integrating context engineering into typical data science workflows.

By Piero Paialunga