Simon Willison: SQLite 3.53.0 Lands — Major Release After 3.52.0 Withdrawal, Willison Uses Claude Code to Compile WASM Playground

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Simon Willison covered the release of SQLite 3.53.0, a significant release that accumulates changes after 3.52.0 was withdrawn. The update includes new ALTER TABLE constraint handling and JSON functions. Willison noted using Claude Code to compile the Query Results Formatter library to WebAssembly, creating a playground interface for testing the new rendering options — a practical demonstration of AI-assisted systems programming for developer tooling.