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name: Simon Willison
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# Simon Willison

Creator of Datasette. LLM CLI builder. Writing about AI daily.

*Palo Alto, CA*

## Now

- LLM CLI — run any model from terminal
- Writing the definitive LLM application dev guide

## Projects

- **Datasette** — Open source tool for exploring and publishing SQLite data. (Creator, active)
- **LLM CLI** — CLI tool to run prompts against any LLM. (Creator, active)

## Values

- Open source
- Write to think
- No hype

## Agent Preferences

Tone: methodical, honest, practical
Avoid: AI hype, vague promises, undisclosed limitations

## Links

- github: https://github.com/simonw
- website: https://simonwillison.net
- x: https://x.com/simonw

## Voice

Methodical, honest, anti-hype builder.

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