Simon Willison’s Weblog
Simon Willison’s Weblog is I think October represents another inflection point in capabilities for coding agents and the models that drive them: Claude Opus 5.5 can now build video games. It is ranked #224 on the Dev Radar, in AI dev tools, first seen 12 days ago and shared in 6 posts (180.1k views).
What Simon Willison’s Weblog says about itself
I love Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the 1988 movie by Robert Zemeckis. I haven't watched it in quite a few years, and Cypress Frankenfeld just pointed out this sequence from …
The Creative Spirit of Who Framed Roger Rabbit Simon Willison’s Weblog Newsletter Sponsored by: Greptile — Your code reviewer uses Computer Use to catch bugs by opening your app and clicking through it. Now you can configure its test environment and define the key user journeys it tests. Try it for free 18th September 2026 - Link Blog The Creative Spirit of Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( via ) I love Who Framed Roger Rabbit , the 1988 movie by Robert Zemeckis. I haven't watched it in quite a few years, and Cypress Frankenfeld just pointed out this sequence from early in the movie: It's a pelican riding a bicycle! Look closely and you'll note…
What people said about Simon Willison’s Weblog on X
I think October represents another inflection point in capabilities for coding agents and the models that drive them: Claude Opus 5.5 can now build video games that are actually fun https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/28/vibe-game-development/
— @simonw, 5 days ago · 1.3k likes · see the post
I built a Command & Conquer style RTS called Battle Drones, mainly using Claude Opus 5.5, which runs in the browser and includes device-to-device multiplayer over an audio link https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/20/battledrones/
— @simonw, 12 days ago · 762 likes · see the post
・プログラマーは2種類いる ・1つ目は、コードを書いてパズルを解くこと自体が楽しい人 ・2つ目は、実際のビジネス上の課題を解決することに満足を感じていた人 ・システムを作りたい人にとって、LLMは使うほど恩恵が続く贈り物である ・ただ、技術的な実装をAIが担うようになると、問題解決そのものを動機にしてきた人には喪失感が生じる ・Willison氏のブログではその喪失を「very real（とても現実的）」なものとして記している https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/19/my-obituary-for-programming/
— @iwashi86, 10 days ago · 96 likes · see the post
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Simon Willison’s Weblog in numbers
- Rank on the Dev Radar: #224 of 9046
- Shared in 6 posts by 5 accounts: @simonw, @iwashi86, @jjacky, @trevin
- 180.1k views on those posts
- First seen 12 days ago, last shared 5 days ago
- Pricing seen by AGK Intelligence: not stated
- Market: AI dev tools
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What is Simon Willison’s Weblog?
I think October represents another inflection point in capabilities for coding agents and the models that drive them: Claude Opus 5.5 can now build video games It was first shared on X 12 days ago and is ranked #224 on the Dev Radar.
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5 accounts on X, including @simonw, @iwashi86, @jjacky, in 6 posts totalling 180.1k views.
Every post is read and classified by AGK Intelligence: what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 31.2k posts from 5k X accounts over the last 21 days, 9k tools, 12 markets. New posts are collected several times an hour and the full ranking is recomputed every hour — last update 2026-11-02 19:02 UTC. Full method.