Comment by simonw

Comment by simonw 3 days ago

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Here's a counter-example for you from the another day: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/8/claude-datasette-plugin...

> This isn’t necessarily surprising, but it’s worth noting anyway. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is capable of building a full Datasette plugin now.

I do worry a bit about how often I use positive adjectives. If something isn't notable I won't write about it though. In this particle case Jesse's prompting / skills stuff really does deserve the superlatives IMO.

apwell23 3 days ago

well explain why OPost is "wild" and what makes you recommend it "strongly" .

what have u built with to come to those conclusions ? is this too much to ask.

  • simonw 3 days ago

    I recommend it strongly because the "skills" mechanism it describes is a new and very promising technique, and this is the best article I've seen that explains that.

    It's "wild" because, among many other experiments, Jesse has experimented with giving Claude a "feelings journal" and prompting it using Graphviz DOT diagrams.

    For my previous writing and work on this you can consult my blog - here's the AI-assisted programming tag: https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-assisted-programming/

    • Balinares 3 days ago

      I'll admit I struggle to isolate what's fundamentally different between these skill configurations and the usual CLAUDE/AGENTS/etc.md. Clearly there's something; I'm just curious what's the mechanism at play, precisely.

      EDIT: Simon actually already answered that point here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45550115

    • apwell23 3 days ago

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      • simonw 3 days ago

        I read a lot of articles about tricks for using coding agents. I link to very few of them because they don't often present anything new.

        Jesse presented something new.

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