Latest / August 31, 2026
8 posts from engineering leaders published August 31, 2026, by Simon Willison, Allen Pike, Gunnar Morling and 4 more.
Introducing wrapture New from Graham Dumpleton (of wrapt , mod_wsgi, and New Relic's Python agent fame), who describes Wrapture as taking the monkeypatching ideas from wrapt and extending them to apply to testing and tracing at the same time. Wrapture ( full documentation here )…
One of the many problems computers have blessed us with is an abundance of information. Software has long been great at storing, retrieving, and sharing a company’s knowledge. This is most SaaS apps, from Slack to GitHub to Notion. But as easy as it is to store information, it’s…
325 #kakapo! The chicks from this year's record breeding season are now juveniles and so have been added to the population. In 1995 there were just 51 kākāpō left. Recovery of critically endangered species is possible with sustained effort. — Andrew Digby , providing the best…
Table of Contents Write Support Query Evaluation: Bloom Filters and Dictionary-Based Row-Group Pruning Performance Improvements Hardwood CLI Closing Thoughts "When is write support gonna land in Hardwood?" That’s probably the most common question I got over the last few months.…
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About a year ago, I was offered a presentation slot at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress in Berlin. I rarely take speaking engagements, especially international ones, but this one arrived at just the right time, the right place, and with the right person – I said yes, on the…
Memoryfields - a vastly simpler way to do agent memory
Agents can finish the task without teaching you anything. Building expertise now has to be deliberate.