Linus Torvalds credits AI for debugging help despite its pessimism
The Linux creator says AI performed grunt work on a difficult bug but repeatedly declared the task impossible.
On a report by Simon Willison
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Simon Willison says code review is not the only way to verify AI agent work
A developer argues that validating AI-generated code changes requires more than line-by-line scrutiny, a skill becoming essential for productivity.
On a report by Simon Willison
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Simon Willison pins LLM tool dependency after OpenAI library shift
A minor version update reportedly patches a broken install caused by a transitive dependency change in the OpenAI Python library.
On a report by Simon Willison
Simon Willison updates LLM plugin with new server-side AI tools
The llm-openrouter plugin now supports reasoning models and adds tools for shell, web fetch, and web search.
On a report by Simon Willison
Vercel's v0 proxy may secure AI-generated code from credential leaks
A new proxy architecture aims to let AI-generated applications authenticate to services like Snowflake without exposing user tokens to potentially malicious code.
On a report by Vercel
AI may enable new era of extensible web software
Lower costs for authoring and deploying extensions could reshape how applications are built.
On a report by Simon Willison
Coding agents may shift software development's bottleneck to conceptual integrity
Simon Willison argues AI coding tools change productivity metrics but risk architectural sprawl without disciplined oversight.
On a report by Simon Willison
Algolia search integration added to Vercel Marketplace for developers
Vercel's marketplace now includes Algolia, letting developers provision the search service directly within their projects.
On a report by Vercel
Warp aims to package AI software factories for smaller firms
The AI coding startup is offering a pre-built infrastructure layer to help companies automate parts of their development workflow.
On a report by TechCrunch AI
Vercel adds Cline to its AI SDK harness layer lineup
Vercel expands its AI SDK with a harness adapter for the Cline coding agent runtime.
On a report by Vercel
Developer tool tests LLM endpoints across hardware platforms
A new open-source web interface lets developers test chat endpoints on different hardware, according to its creator.
On a report by Simon Willison
Simon Willison reports a novel method for generative classification using embeddings
A technique bypasses fixed taxonomies by having an LLM hallucinate tags, then maps them to a corpus.
On a report by Simon Willison
Google's Gemini plugin update adds new models and reasoning trace support
Simon Willison's latest plugin release integrates Google's newest Gemini variants and debugging features.
On a report by Simon Willison
Hugging Face Blog details data pipeline for continuous robot training
New workflow aims to streamline collection and deployment of robot demonstrations via managed storage.
On a report by Hugging Face Blog
Vercel adds Exa's neural search to its agent marketplace
Exa's search API is now integrated into Vercel's marketplace, aiming to provide developers with fresh web data for their AI agents.
On a report by Vercel
Vercel's AI SDK harness layer now supports Agent Client Protocol
A new package lets developers use any ACP-compatible harness, adding flexibility but potential complexity.
On a report by Vercel