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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Coding agents require skilled operators

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/18/coding-agents/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Coding agents require skilled operators Feedly Summary: I wrote this recently in a conversation about whether coding agents can work as a replacement for human programmers. The “agentic" coding tools we have right now work like this: A skilled individual with both deep domain understanding and deep…

  • Slashdot: How Do Olympiad Medalists Judge LLMs in Competitive Programming?

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/17/149238/how-do-olympiad-medalists-judge-llms-in-competitive-programming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How Do Olympiad Medalists Judge LLMs in Competitive Programming? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a newly established benchmark demonstrating that large language models (LLMs) are not yet capable of outperforming elite human coders, particularly in problem-solving contexts. The findings indicate limitations in the…

  • Slashdot: Apple Migrates Its Password Monitoring Service to Swift from Java, Gains 40% Performance Uplift

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/06/15/2126220/apple-migrates-its-password-monitoring-service-to-swift-from-java-gains-40-performance-uplift Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Migrates Its Password Monitoring Service to Swift from Java, Gains 40% Performance Uplift Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The article discusses Apple’s transition from Java to Swift for its global Password Monitoring service, resulting in significant performance improvements. The migration achieved a 40% increase in…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-fragments-youtube

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/14/llm-fragments-youtube/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-fragments-youtube Feedly Summary: llm-fragments-youtube Excellent new LLM plugin by Agustin Bacigalup which lets you use the subtitles of any YouTube video as a fragment for running prompts against. I tried it out like this: llm install llm-fragments-youtube llm -f youtube:dQw4w9WgXcQ \ ‘summary of people and what they…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Andrew Ng

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/13/andrew-ng/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Andrew Ng Feedly Summary: There’s a new breed of GenAI Application Engineers who can build more-powerful applications faster than was possible before, thanks to generative AI. Individuals who can play this role are highly sought-after by businesses, but the job description is still coming into focus.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Agentic Coding Recommendations

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/12/agentic-coding-recommendations/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Agentic Coding Recommendations Feedly Summary: Agentic Coding Recommendations There’s a ton of actionable advice on using Claude Code in this new piece from Armin Ronacher. He’s getting excellent results from Go, especially having invested a bunch of work in making the various tools (linters, tests, development servers…

  • The Register: Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/11/canva_coding_assistant_job_interviews/ Source: The Register Title: Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews Feedly Summary: Design software slinger warns it won’t hire devs who aren’t good at modern tools Australian SaaS-y graphic design service Canva now requires candidates for developer jobs to use AI coding assistants during the interview process.… AI…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: AI-assisted coding for teams that can’t get away with vibes

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/10/ai-assisted-coding/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: AI-assisted coding for teams that can’t get away with vibes Feedly Summary: AI-assisted coding for teams that can’t get away with vibes This excellent piece by Atharva Raykar offers a bunch of astute observations on AI-assisted development that I haven’t seen written down elsewhere. Building with AI…