Useful patterns for building HTML tools

kept by eddie dec 12, 25

Simon Willison shares patterns for building single-file HTML tools without build steps, emphasizing simplicity and LLM-assisted development.

Useful patterns for building HTML tools
Simon Willison shares patterns for building useful single-file HTML tools with no build step, using LLMs to generate them.
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