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06 Sep 2026 edition

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Top topics: Python · AI · Django

Python AI Django

Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI

Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI Apparently today is RSI day at OpenAI, for Recursive Self-Improvement - I think it's their new AGI. Both this piece and the new essay An Alien Mind (by Chief Scientist Jakub…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
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The purpose of DNS is to spread scams

The purpose of DNS is to spread scams Terence Eden shares some daunting statistics in support of his take that "the Domain Name System's purpose seems to be a vector for criminals to run scams on people at a…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get

My comment on There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get — Lobste.rs. [In reply to a comment about burning it down to start from scratch when technical debt becomes overwhelming] In my experience it's so rare for that to…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

Quoting Zach Kehs

If you continue to add floors and rooms to a building forever, it will collapse. Software faces no such constraint. The code can always get worse. There can always be a new layer of indirection or a reduction in…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog