Simon Willison released SQLite Query Explainer, an interactive tool that runs SQL queries against a SQLite database in the browser and annotates EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN and low-level EXPLAIN bytecode output with plain-English descriptions. The tool runs SQLite in Python via Pyodide in WebAssembly. Willison cautions he cannot verify the results himself but finds them cromulent.
Developers can now visually understand SQLite query plans without deep expertise.
A security researcher demonstrated that a GitHub issue title could inject malicious instructions into an AI coding assistant used by 5 million developers. The attack, named Clinejection, exploits how the assistant processes user-provided content, potentially leading to unauthorized code execution or data exposure.
A developer proposes a minimal fix to enable LLMs to process video content, released under MIT license. The approach addresses the limitation that current LLMs cannot directly watch video. The fix is described as the smallest possible change to add video understanding capabilities.
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