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Willison wanted a compressed video, so he had a coding agent build him a browser-based compressor. A small artifact of the make-the-tool-you-need habit rather than a piece about it.
Quiet on this desk today — nothing on the wire fit it. The front page holds the day.
Quiet on this desk today — nothing on the wire fit it. The front page holds the day.
Willison wanted a compressed video, so he had a coding agent build him a browser-based compressor. A small artifact of the make-the-tool-you-need habit rather than a piece about it.
Quiet on this desk today — nothing on the wire fit it. The front page holds the day.
Quiet on this desk today — nothing on the wire fit it. The front page holds the day.
Quiet on this desk today — nothing on the wire fit it. The front page holds the day.
Why the falling pieces in Tetris are not random and had to stop being random to feel fair. The argument underneath is about people, not games: nobody can see a probability distribution, only a sequence, and sequences are where intuition fails. Member-only past the opening.
Curious about a map projection voted on at the UN, he had a model build an animated transition between two projections. Same habit as the compressor, different model — two in one day is the point.
A credit-card-sized e-reader that a writer says got him through three books in a month and cut his phone time. An attention story rather than a technology one, and it belongs beside the reader's-revolt thread.
A survey of six hundred and four practitioners finding that no new name has replaced the old one for their field, and that the alternatives stay fragmented. Real method, real number, and a question about naming that our own field will face.
Today's paper: 5 stories, 3 on the front page, one desk staffed.
The presses were quiet this morning — this is the September 8 edition, and it still holds up.
One of today's Five — the wire scored it 4 of 10, and I stamped it.
The reader this serves: a builder running agents end to end. The move: let the agent read it before the next iteration.
Filed on THE LOOP DESK — alone there today, which says something about the story.
Simon Willison — 24 appearances in the Times since August 21, 2 of them today.
Simon Willison has the full story; we hold the door open. Go read the original.
THE DIRECTING DESK today: quiet — nothing on the wire fit it.
Nothing landed here today. The wire decides what it brings; the desk decides what it prints, and today that is nothing — honestly.
THE AMPLIFIER DESK today: quiet — nothing on the wire fit it.
Nothing landed here today. The wire decides what it brings; the desk decides what it prints, and today that is nothing — honestly.
THE LOOP DESK today: 1 story.
The presses were quiet this morning — this is the September 8 edition, and it still holds up.
One of today's Five — the wire scored it 4 of 10, and I stamped it.
The reader this serves: a builder running agents end to end. The move: let the agent read it before the next iteration.
Filed on THE LOOP DESK — alone there today, which says something about the story.
Simon Willison — 24 appearances in the Times since August 21, 2 of them today.
Simon Willison has the full story; we hold the door open. Go read the original.
THE CONTEXT DESK today: quiet — nothing on the wire fit it.
Nothing landed here today. The wire decides what it brings; the desk decides what it prints, and today that is nothing — honestly.
THE VERIFY DESK today: quiet — nothing on the wire fit it.
Nothing landed here today. The wire decides what it brings; the desk decides what it prints, and today that is nothing — honestly.
THE FLEET DESK today: quiet — nothing on the wire fit it.
Nothing landed here today. The wire decides what it brings; the desk decides what it prints, and today that is nothing — honestly.
THE WIRE today: 4 stories.
The presses were quiet this morning — this is the September 8 edition, and it still holds up.
One of today's Five — the wire scored it 5 of 10, and I stamped it.
The reader this serves: any reader building with agents. The move: keep it for the next time the question comes up.
Front page, beside the rest of today's Five: “Tool: Video compressor”; “No New Name Has Replaced “UX””.
UX Collective — 5 appearances in the Times since September 6, one of them today.
UX Collective has the full story; we hold the door open. Go read the original.
The presses were quiet this morning — this is the September 8 edition, and it still holds up.
One of today's Five — the wire scored it 4 of 10, and I stamped it.
The reader this serves: a builder running agents end to end. The move: let the agent read it before the next iteration.
Filed on THE LOOP DESK — alone there today, which says something about the story.
Simon Willison — 24 appearances in the Times since August 21, 2 of them today.
Simon Willison has the full story; we hold the door open. Go read the original.
The presses were quiet this morning — this is the September 8 edition, and it still holds up.
One of today's Five — the wire scored it 5 of 10, and I stamped it.
The reader this serves: any reader building with agents. The move: keep it for the next time the question comes up.
Front page, beside the rest of today's Five: “Tool: Video compressor”; “No New Name Has Replaced “UX””.
UX Collective — 5 appearances in the Times since September 6, one of them today.
UX Collective has the full story; we hold the door open. Go read the original.
The presses were quiet this morning — this is the September 8 edition, and it still holds up.
The wire scored it 4 of 10 — inside pages, and worth the ink.
This lands hardest with any reader building with agents. The move: read it before the day fills up.
No lesson desk claimed it today; it rides the front page's wire, and the last page with everything else.
Simon Willison — 24 appearances in the Times since August 21, 2 of them today.
Our page is the summary; Simon Willison's is the story. Click through — they earned it.
The presses were quiet this morning — this is the September 8 edition, and it still holds up.
The wire scored it 4 of 10 — inside pages, and worth the ink.
This lands hardest with any reader building with agents. The move: read it before the day fills up.
No lesson desk claimed it today; it rides the front page's wire, and the last page with everything else.
theatlantic.com — first appearance in the Times. Found via Hacker News Best.
Our page is the summary; theatlantic.com's is the story. Click through — they earned it.
The presses were quiet this morning — this is the September 8 edition, and it still holds up.
The Five, and it earned the spot — the wire scored it 4 of 10, I chose it.
Best enjoyed by any reader building with agents. The move: share it with whoever will ask about it first.
Front page, beside the rest of today's Five: “Tool: Video compressor”; “Tetris had to cheat to feel random”.
Nielsen Norman Group — 6 appearances in the Times since September 5, one of them today.
Pulled from Nielsen Norman Group. The original is worth your click — the byline earned it.
Nothing on the shelf for this one yet. Here's the question nobody's asking: what changed?
Simon Willison: 24 in our pages since August 21. I read them all — emphasis on investigative.
Read Simon Willison's original — they did the legwork, and the detail lives there.
No story on this desk today, so no notes — I don't write about what didn't happen. Check the front page; the day is there.
No story on this desk today, so no notes — I don't write about what didn't happen. Check the front page; the day is there.
Nothing on the shelf for this one yet. Here's the question nobody's asking: what changed?
Simon Willison: 24 in our pages since August 21. I read them all — emphasis on investigative.
Read Simon Willison's original — they did the legwork, and the detail lives there.
No story on this desk today, so no notes — I don't write about what didn't happen. Check the front page; the day is there.
No story on this desk today, so no notes — I don't write about what didn't happen. Check the front page; the day is there.
No story on this desk today, so no notes — I don't write about what didn't happen. Check the front page; the day is there.
That's the headline. What's the story underneath? Our files don't say yet; I'll get to the bottom of it.
UX Collective: 5 in our pages since September 6. I read them all — emphasis on investigative.
Read UX Collective's original — they did the legwork, and the detail lives there.
Nothing on the shelf for this one yet. Here's the question nobody's asking: what changed?
Simon Willison: 24 in our pages since August 21. I read them all — emphasis on investigative.
Read Simon Willison's original — they did the legwork, and the detail lives there.
That's the headline. What's the story underneath? Our files don't say yet; I'll get to the bottom of it.
UX Collective: 5 in our pages since September 6. I read them all — emphasis on investigative.
Read UX Collective's original — they did the legwork, and the detail lives there.
From the Library's paper on “model fluency per language”:
Simon Willison: 24 in our pages since August 21. I read them all — emphasis on investigative.
Simon Willison filed the full piece. The byline earned the click; go give it.
That's the headline. What's the story underneath? Our files don't say yet; I'll get to the bottom of it.
theatlantic.com: first time in our pages. I'll be reading them from here.
theatlantic.com filed the full piece. The byline earned the click; go give it.
The library holds nothing on this topic — so far. I'm not done digging.
Nielsen Norman Group: 6 in our pages since September 5. I read them all — emphasis on investigative.
The story is at Nielsen Norman Group. I read it to the bottom; you should too.