Sunday, September 20, 2026

14 articles

Simon Willison
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MCP was always a bad idea?

My comment on MCP was always a bad idea? — Hacker News.This article entirely misses the value that MCP brings today. Sure, there's almost no reason to use MCPs if you are running a full-blown terminal agent (Claude Code, Codex, Meta Muse, OpenClaw etc) with unfettered internet access - just...

Simon Willison
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Quoting voxium

It has been half a month since I started a new role at a big company. Nobody knows anything here. The specs, code, tests, PRDs, tickets, resolution of those tickets, reports, etc., everything is made by Claude Code. Nobody on my team likes this. They are being forced to ship as much as they can. I...

Simon Willison
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llm-keys-ui 0.1

Release: llm-keys-ui 0.1 This plugin solves a very specific problem. I've started using Codex Remote to run coding agents on various machines while controlling them from my phone. Sometimes I use those machines to hack on LLM projects, and occasionally that means I need to configure an API key. I...

Simon Willison
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datasette-explain 0.2.2

Release: datasette-explain 0.2.2 Explain plans now work on read-only stored-query pages. I upgraded datasette.simonwillison.net to Datasette 1.0a40, which inspired me to ship a new version of this explain plugin. Tags: sqlite, datasette

The Verge
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Trump now says he wants to form an ‘AI Force’

The president posted on Truth Social that he wanted to appoint an "AI czar" to lead a new "AI force." He made the announcement amid growing calls from across the political spectrum and even within the industry to pump the brakes on AI development. He posted that his administration "will not in any...

TechCrunch
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ScrollEd wants to turn textbooks into TikTok

ScrollEd turns textbooks into a scrollable, Instagram-like feed with video, audio, and quizzes. The Palo Alto startup, founded by student co-founders (and spouses) Utsav Gupta and Rebecca Neff, pitches at TechCrunch Disrupt.