Simon Willison
Simon Willison is a British programmer, co-founder of the social conference directory Lanyrd, and co-creator of the Django Web framework.
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7- Product LaunchJun 24, 2026
Ported Moebius 0.2B image inpainting model to browser-based WebGPU, creating a functional demo at simonw.github.io/moebius-web/
View source - Research MilestoneApr 28, 2026
Simon Willison tests VibeVoice 4-bit MLX conversion on M5 MacBook, transcribing 1 hour in ~9 minutes.
View source - Product LaunchApr 19, 2026
Created a tool that transforms Anthropic's Claude system prompt documentation into an analyzable git repository.
View source - Product LaunchApr 5, 2026
Released the open-source CLI tool 'scan-for-secrets' for detecting exposed API keys in log files.
View source - Research MilestoneMar 14, 2026
Outlined 'Three Stages of AI Adoption' framework for developer use of AI coding agents
- stages:
- Helper Stage,Agent Stage,Factory Stage
- Research MilestoneMay 24, 2025
Tweeted speculation about OpenAI acquiring Astral
View source- status:
- unconfirmed
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Recent Articles
3UV_EXCLUDE_NEWER: The Environment Variable That Cuts Your uvx CI Time by
+Set UV_EXCLUDE_NEWER with a date in your GitHub Actions cache key to avoid redownloading uvx tools each run, saving 40+ seconds of CI time per workflo
75 relevanceOpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol matches Fable 5 at 1/3 cost, adds multi-agent API
~OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol nearly matches Claude Fable 5 on aggregate benchmarks at one-third the cost, with new multi-agent and tool-calling APIs.
95 relevanceHow Simon Willison Ported a 0.2B Image Model to the Browser with Claude
+Simon Willison used Claude Code to port a 0.2B image inpainting model to WebGPU, running it as a parallel side project while his main agent worked on
70 relevance
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Lifecycle: Simon Willison
Simon Willison is in 'active' phase (1 mentions/3d, 2/14d, 24 total)
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Sentiment History
| Week | Avg Sentiment | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-W26 | 0.70 | 1 |
| 2026-W28 | 0.10 | 1 |
| 2026-W29 | 0.50 | 1 |