Simon Willison
Aug 21
llm-openrouter 0.7
Release: llm-openrouter 0. 7 Now that this plugin is compatible with LLM 0.
llm-openrouter 0.7.1
The article announces the release of version 0.7.1 of the llm-openrouter library. It highlights a performance fix that improves the loading of OpenRouter models. The release acknowledges a contribution from waveplate.
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Simon Willison
Aug 21
llm 0.32.1
Release: llm 0. 32.
Simon Willison
Sep 2
llm 0.34
The release of llm 0.34 introduces a new feature that enhances log output by including response duration in both milliseconds and a human‑readable format. The short log view now contains a dedicated duration_ms field. Additionally, the update incorporates multiple bug fixes and a notable performance boost to llm logs, attributed to waveplate integration.
Simon Willison
Sep 7
llm 0.35
The article announces the release of llm version 0.35, which introduces a new OpenAI model named gpt-6-astra for GPT-6 Astra. It highlights the addition of this model to the llm library and tags the release with openai, llm, and gpt-6-astra.
Simon Willison
Aug 22
llm 0.33
The release of llm 0.33 introduces several key updates: it upgrades to the OpenAI Python library 3.x and switches the HTTP client from httpx to httpx2, adds comprehensive key handling for embedding functions, allows repeated template usage to combine configurations, and adds a reasoning_summary option for reasoning-capable responses. These changes improve compatibility, flexibility, and usability of the llm tool.
Towards Data Science
Jul 26
How to Give an LLM Agent a Browser
Building a browser-use agent with OpenAI Agents SDK and Playwright MCP The post How to Give an LLM Agent a Browser appeared first on Towards Data Science .
Simon Willison
Sep 11
So you want to use OpenRouter?
OpenRouter advertises automatic fallback and cost‑effective routing to the best backend provider for a single API endpoint. However, Mohamed Moustafa highlights that different providers use varied serving software, optimizations, and capabilities, leading to inconsistent behavior across the same endpoint. Users can mitigate this by specifying a provider with the provider.only option and checking available providers via the /endpoints method.
Towards Data Science
Oct 24
How to Add Guardrails to a Local LLM Agent
The article provides a practical guide on implementing guardrails for a local large language model (LLM) agent. It focuses on using Gemma 4, Ollama, and the OpenAI Agents SDK to set up these safety measures. The post is published on Towards Data Science.
Simon Willison
Oct 18
llm-tools-datasette 0.1.1
The article announces the release of llm-tools-datasette version 0.1.1. It explains that updating LLM to use httpx2 caused compatibility issues with plugins that relied on httpx, including llm-tools-datasette, which has now been fixed. The release notes highlight the resolution of this plugin breakage.
Simon Willison
Sep 24
datasette 1.0a41
The article announces the release of Datasette 1.0a41, highlighting new OpenTelemetry support added by Alec Garcia and a refactor that consolidates all modal dialogs into a single Web Component, now documented for plugin use.
Simon Willison
Sep 29
OpenAI DevDay 2026 live blog
Simon Willison is live‑blogging the OpenAI DevDay event in Fort Mason, San Francisco, covering the keynote and other highlights. He received a free ticket and a seat in the "creator" area for the keynote. The blog will include notes from the day’s sessions.
Simon Willison
Sep 22
llm 0.36
The release of llm 0.36 introduces new OpenAI models gpt-6-sol and gpt-6-luna, and adds support for model plugins to declare that they do not support conversations via supports_conversation = False. When such models receive assistant or tool history, llm raises a ConversationNotSupported error and the chat interface rejects them before starting a session. Additional changes include wrapping reasoning traces in Markdown output with <details> tags and bug fixes from five contributors.