Useful patterns for building HTML tools

kept by eddie dec 14, 25

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

Useful patterns for building HTML tools
Simon Willison shares patterns for building single-file HTML tools without build steps, emphasizing simplicity and LLM-assisted development.
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Introducing Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they’ve built
Simon Willison introduces Showboat and Rodney, CLI tools for coding agents to create Markdown demos and browser automation scripts to verify their work.
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Fragments: April 29
The post collects expert perspectives on AI-assisted development, emphasizing verification over generation, harness engineering, function structure, and the cultural divide between software thinking and human experience.
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