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Simon Willison
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Simon Willison

The most reliable running commentary on what LLMs can actually do.

United StatesFounder, Datasette
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Co-created Django, now writes the blog practitioners check first when a model ships. His LLM CLI tool and prompt-injection writing are field-standard references.

Known for
DjangoDatasetteLLM CLIPrompt injection

3 CareerEvery role we can document, most recent first

  1. 2017–now9 yrsDatasetteFounder
  2. 2013–20174 yrsEventbriteEngineering Director
  3. 2003–20052 yrsDjangoCo-creator

0 Books & papersPublished work, oldest first

No books — their work lives in papers, code and talks. The accounts above are the place to follow it.

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