More than just code review
Simon Willison argues that the core skill for using coding agents is confidently instructing them and verifying the results, not line-by-line code review.
Simon Willison argues that the core skill for using coding agents is confidently instructing them and verifying the results, not line-by-line code review.
AI coding agents have reduced the cost of building a usable GUI to nearly nothing, which could change developers' default habits for creating personal tools.
Simon Willison's AI agent test reveals that smolvm is a blazing-fast, hardware-isolated virtual machine sandbox that can safely run untrusted user code with fast boot times and strict resource limits.
Simon Willison found a spike in his open-source project's code frequency chart in 2026, aligning with the release of advanced AI models, illustrating the productivity boost from AI-assisted programming.
Simon Willison shares how he built a web tool to visualize his personal iNaturalist observations over a camping weekend, using only his phone, Claude Code, Git Scraping, and a single AI prompt.
Simon Willison demonstrates an efficient prompt that enabled an AI coding assistant to complete a complex feature extension in one shot, revealing the core 智能体ic engineering pattern of 'explaining requirements with code'.