Latest / September 16, 2026
7 posts from engineering leaders published September 16, 2026, by Simon Willison, Martin Fowler, Harry Roberts and 1 more.
Release: datasette 1.0a40 Same security fix as 0.65.5 , plus some neat new features and bug fixes: Plugins can now launch and manage background tasks using the new datasette.add_background_task() method. Thanks, Alex Garcia . I've migrated Datasette to httpx2 for features like…
Release: datasette 0.65.5 Security fix for an issue where a trailing newline in a requested table name could bypass table permissions and expose private rows, reported by dpfkdlemtp in GHSA-h547-rmjf-5m2m . Tags: security , datasette
Reports of agentic hacking continue, in this case it happened back in May and it seems OpenAI did not disclose that they were responsible. Simon Willison sees two options: After the Hugging Face and Wiki attacks OpenAI were still unable to review their previous logs and…
Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude In hopefully good news for anyone who, like me, was increasingly confused at Cowork v.s. Claude v.s. Claude Code: Starting today, Claude Cowork and chat are merging into one Claude. Bring a quick question, or hand over a report due at…
We should not treat models as though they have feelings, preferences, rights, or any entitlement to our welfare. Consciousness is the foundation of our ethical, legal, and political systems. To invite another entity to share any flavor of these rights isn’t justified by the…
CrUX adds public ad count, density, CPU, and network metrics, giving publishers and advertisers a shared view of real ad weight.
It’s a great time to be the main character in Memento . Back in 2000, Leonard Shelby had a hard time functioning in society because he had no memory of who he was. But if Memento took place today? Hi Leonard! As someone who once was a Coffee Expert at Starbucks for six years —…