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Tools2026-06-25 · source-backed
On June 24, Willison converted the mdn/browser-compat-data repo into a SQLite database served over a GitHub CDN with open CORS headers, queryable directly in Datasette Lite (simonwillison.net). It's a small pattern with big reach: ship a static SQLite file with open CORS and you get a free, serverless query API. I've over-engineered backends for exactly this kind of read-only reference data. Sometimes the right database is a file on a CDN.
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Simon Willison released Datasette / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Simon Willison released LLM / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / What happened next / Tension
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Simon Willison released Datasette / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Simon Willison released LLM / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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OpenClaw uses SQLite / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Simon Willison released LLM / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Simon Willison uses Claude Code / Shared entities / Same source domain / What happened next
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