AI
2025simonwillison.net
My LLM CLI tool can run tools now, from Python code or plugins
Mixed529 points165 comments
simonw
12 Show HNs that got attention, 2012 to 2026. 1,908 points in all, 8 with 50 or more.
- First
- Lanyrd Guides: Hacker News Meetups (2012)
- Best
- simonwillison.net (529 points)
Data
2022google-drive-to-sqlite
Google Drive to SQLite
Loved305 points32 comments
Data
2017Datasette
Create and publish an API for SQLite databases
Curious269 points44 comments
Dev tools
2022shot-scraper-template
Instantly create a GitHub repository to take screenshots of a web page
Curious214 points36 comments
Dev tools
2021Django SQL Dashboard
This is my new project that adds an interactive read-only SQL querying interface to any Django+PostgreSQL…
Loved204 points27 comments
Data
2021git-history
git-history, for analyzing scraped data collected using Git and SQLite
Mixed108 points19 comments
Data
2018Datasette Publish
Turn CSVs into a SQLite-Backed JSON API
Mixed101 points21 comments
Dev tools
2026Showboat and Rodney
Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they've built
Curious91 points58 comments
Productivity
2012Lanyrd Guides: Hacker News Meetups
Guide to upcoming HN meetups worldwide. Have we missed any?
Mixed39 points11 comments
Data
2021Datasette
Datasette Desktop, macOS App for SQLite and CSVs
Quiet22 points2 comments
Infrastructure
2022simonwillison.net
A Covid sewage numbers Twitter bot
Quiet16 points1 comments
AI
2026Datasette Agent
Live demo at https://agent.datasette.io/ Code and docs at https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent
Quiet10 points1 comments
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