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📝 How I build websites with LLMS (Sorry in advance for the baited headline) blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/lots-of...

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Sometimes the Algorithm shows you a video like this and you are willing to forgive it all its mistakes. youtu.be/clF2waKBQvk

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Today I switched to Brave as my new default browser. I started using Mozilla Suite in 2002, then moved to Firebird, now known as Firefox. I converted people to use it, blogged about it, and contributed to Bugzilla, so recent policy changes really feel like a heartbreak.

submitted 87 days ago • 2 comments

I've been using a mac for almost two decades and only now learned there a way to cut and paste files with a keyboard shortcut (i.e. what's Ctrl+X Ctrl+V does on Windows). The move command: Cmd+C Cmd+Opt+V More here: saurabhs.org/macos-tips

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Quick TIL: if you have uv installed and you want to try out ANY Python package in an ipython REPL, you can do so just by running uvx --with llm --with sqlite-utils ipython Pass as many --with package options as you like I wrapped it in a shell script, "itry llm" til.simonwillison.net/python/itry

submitted 105 days ago • 5 comments

Macron announced an investment of 109B euros in AI, for the next months. This is a a very significant and reassuring news.

submitted 108 days ago • 3 comments

This overnight success has been decades in the making, but the last few days feel like a watershed moment for the global balance of power. In one week, the US announced a half-trillion-dollar investment in AI, only for a tiny Chinese startup to erase more than that from NASDAQ.

submitted 122 days ago • 1 comment

DeepSeek R1 appears to be a VERY strong model for coding - examples for both C and Python here: simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/27/...

submitted 122 days ago • 19 comments

Not easy to be a @jetbrains.com IDE user these days

submitted 132 days ago • 0 comments

Rewilding the Self worldsensorium.com/rewilding-th...

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

1. LLMs are just tools, like programming languages or frameworks. They can solve a wide array of problems but not all of them. It's more helpful to think about what I can use them for rather than complaining about things they can't do.

submitted 145 days ago • 1 comment

Eno, a new movie by Gary Hustwit, will premiere in Berlin on January 14th. There are still tickets available. Hustwit, who has directed some excellent design documentaries, including Helvetica and Rams, will be there to give the introduction. www.eventbee.com/v/enoberlin2

submitted 145 days ago • 0 comments

"Don’t build castles in other people’s kingdoms" is a sage advice. My personal website (szafranek.net), turning 22 this year, is older than Twitter, Bluesky, Tumblr, and even MySpace. This particular castle needs some love in 2025. chrisholdgraf.com/blog/2024/bl...

submitted 148 days ago • 1 comment

In the years I spent on The Other App, New Year's Eve has been a moment for me to look back at the books I finished in the last 12 months. Here is my list for 2024:

submitted 149 days ago • 1 comment

For a while I wanted an app that would let me paste any text or URL, then read it aloud in a voice that's not painful to listen to. Finally, there is one and it's built by the company with the best text-to-speech tech out there: elevenlabs.io/text-reader

submitted 152 days ago • 0 comments

So I just did that and ChatGPT all of the sudden turned into a therapist with a set of thoughtful follow-up questions. Despite its warmth, I couldn't shake off the feeling that it's a commercial product eliciting personal responses for the benefit of its corporate overlords, but...

submitted 154 days ago • 1 comment

Hello, Blue Sky

submitted 156 days ago • 0 comments