Tools & FrameworksTopic

Coding Assistant

Every story we’ve tagged Coding Assistant.

Security

Fable's judgement

Simon Willison found a way to reduce costs with Fable by letting it use its own judgement to choose models for coding tasks, specifically delegating to lower-power subagents.

#AI Pricing #Coding Assistant #LLM Frameworks #Prompt Engineering

Simon Willison5 min read10h ago

Safety & Policy

Flock Cameras Can Surveil Cars Without License Plates

Flock introduced a surveillance camera system that can identify cars without license plates. The system uses a 'Vehicle Fingerprint' technology that analyzes decals, bumper stickers, and other vehicle features. This technology allows law enforcement to track cars even without license plate information.

#AI Regulation #AI Safety #Coding Assistant #Misinformation

Schneier on Security3 min read17h ago

Launches

llm-coding-agent 0.1a0

Simon Willison released llm-coding-agent 0.1a0, a coding agent built on LLM, which can write code in seconds and perform tasks like reading and editing files, and executing commands.

#Coding Assistant #Developer Tools #LLM Frameworks #Open-Source Policy

Simon Willison6 min read1d ago

Research

Understand to participate

Geoffrey Litt emphasizes the importance of human understanding in collaborating with coding agents to avoid cognitive debt and participate effectively in the creative process.

#AI Safety #Alignment #Coding Assistant #LLM Frameworks

Simon Willison3 min read1d ago

You’re all caught up.