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Simon Willison reviews key developments in large language models (LLMs) over the past six months, using the whimsical benchmark of having models generate SVGs of pelicans riding bicycles to illustrate progress, challenges, bugs, and trends in the field.

An expert review of CloudFlare's AI-generated OAuth provider library highlights both its strengths and significant security shortcomings, cautioning against its use in critical systems without further expert scrutiny.

This article humorously explores the history and usage of the HTML <blink> and <marquee> tags in 1990s web development, their origins, browser support, and their legacy in web design.

The article argues that DNS over HTTPS (DoH) does not truly protect user privacy, but instead centralizes DNS data with single providers like Cloudflare, and suggests DNS over TLS as a better alternative.

This article details the numerous challenges and ongoing maintenance burdens faced by hobby Android developers due to frequent breaking changes in libraries, platform updates, deprecated third-party tools, and evolving design guidelines.

This article explains the Chebyshev-Gauss quadrature technique for numerical integration, detailing its mathematical foundations, practical implementation, and advantages over basic methods, with visualizations and coding examples.

This article systematically investigates the strengths and limitations of Large Reasoning Models by analyzing their reasoning processes and performance across puzzles of varying complexity, revealing specific regimes where they excel or fail.

The author reflects on their transition from using Emacs and Org-Mode to Obsidian for personal knowledge management, discussing the benefits and trade-offs of each tool and emphasizing the importance of maintaining one's own knowledge base in the age of AI.

The author reverse engineers Claude Code, detailing its internal prompts, security models, tool usage, and contrasts its agentic approach and UX with competitors like Cursor and Aider, ultimately praising its reliability and security despite higher costs and latency.

The article critiques the overreliance on AI tools like LLMs in software development, arguing that they risk eroding critical thinking and problem-solving skills, especially among beginners, and calls for stronger guardrails and oversight in their use.

Administering immunotherapy in the morning may significantly improve cancer outcomes due to circadian effects on the immune system, though more randomized trials are needed to fully confirm the mechanism and magnitude of benefit.

US President Trump deployed 2000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles after immigration raids sparked mass protests, arrests, and clashes with law enforcement, drawing criticism from local officials and civil rights groups.