Flux
sqlite-utils 4.2.1
IA Programmation

sqlite-utils 4.2.1

Release: sqlite-utils 4.2.1 Fixes a crashing bug in sqlite-utils 4.2. I'd introduced code that looks like this: from typing_extensions import Self It turned out the typing-extensions package was not listed as a dependency for sqlite-utils - it was installed by one of the other dependencies in the dev dependency group, but when you uvx sqlite-utils directly you don't get those dependencies. As part of fixing this I figured out how to run a smoke test to ensure the CLI tool still works even…

Simon Willison's Weblog
The PHP Podcast 2026.08.13
Programmation Web

The PHP Podcast 2026.08.13

🎙️ PHP Podcast – August 13, 2026 Hosts: Eric Van Johnson & John Congdon Eric and John reunite after weeks apart to talk Laracon in Boston, more diverse voices coming to this time slot, CPX finally giving PHP an npx, a stripped-down PHPStorm Light, and PHP Tek’s extended CFP. 🔀 Stepping Back to Make Room […] The post The PHP Podcast 2026.08.13 appeared first on PHP Architect.

PHP Architect
sqlite-utils 4.2
IA Programmation

sqlite-utils 4.2

Release: sqlite-utils 4.2 Lots of improvements in this one relating to the table.transform() feature, which adds support for complex alter table operations by creating a fresh table, copying across the data and then dropping and replacing the old one. transform() now preserves a much larger array of edge-case schema definitions, including check constraints, unique constraints and even comments describing the columns. There are also new introspection properties for check constraints, and a whole…

Simon Willison's Weblog
llm-gemini 0.33
IA Programmation

llm-gemini 0.33

Release: llm-gemini 0.33 It's been a while since the last llm-gemini release. This version of the plugin adds support for today's Gemini 3.7 Flash release, plus gemini-3.6-flash, gemini-3.5-flash-lite and two embedding models gemini-embedding-2 and gemini-embedding-001. The plugin is also upgraded for compatibility with LLM 0.32, which means you can now see reasoning traces and you can also enable server-side tools using this pattern: llm -m gemini-3.7-flash -T CodeExecution \ 'use python to…

Simon Willison's Weblog
White House Authorizes Private Companies to Conduct Offensive Cyber Operations
Cybersécurité Programmation

White House Authorizes Private Companies to Conduct Offensive Cyber Operations

The White House is creating a program that will allow vetted U.S. companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign cybercrime groups under federal direction. The presidential memorandum creates a formal path for private companies to perform work usually associated with government cyber operators. Participating firms could covertly access criminal systems, collect intelligence, disrupt networks, manipulate infrastructure, or destroy data after receiving approval from the…

Socket
PHP Ambassadors: Six Weeks In
Programmation Web

PHP Ambassadors: Six Weeks In

When we launched the PHP Ambassador Program on June 19, 2026, we honestly didn’t know what to expect. We knew the need for something like this was definitely there, and it seemed like something the community would be interested in being a part of. But as they say, “you never know how a thing is going to go, until it goes.” I mentioned in my strategy document that I was hoping to enlist 10 people to attend a regular cadence of meetings. (Honestly, 10 people seemed like a reasonable number.) Not…

The PHP Foundation
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (on OpenRouter)
IA Programmation

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (on OpenRouter)

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (on OpenRouter) The latest DeepSeek Pro model is now available, via API only. I had to link to OpenRouter because DeepSeek don't have any obvious announcement page for their new model. I haven't been able to confirm if they plan to release the open weights, but given the weights are available for both April's deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro and July's deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 it seems likely. Interestingly I got very different looking pelicans for the three different…

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alchemy-utils 0.1a0
IA Programmation

alchemy-utils 0.1a0

Release: alchemy-utils 0.1a0 I've long pondered what a database agnostic version of my sqlite-utils Python library and CLI utility might look like. This morning (literally a shower project) I tasked Codex and GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra with building a prototype: Do a research spike to see what it would take to build a library with the same core API as SQLite-utils - in particular the insert and upsert and insert_all and upsert_all and create and update methods, and the table introspection stuff - but…

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