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Simon Willison uses Claude Fable to finalize sqlite-utils 4.0 stable release

Simon Willison leveraged Claude Fable, available for a limited time on Max subscriptions, to review and polish sqlite-utils 4.0 before its stable release, aiming to adhere to SemVer and minimize incompatible major versions. He started with a prompt asking Claude Code on his iPhone for a final review.

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Simon Willison, creator of sqlite-utils, used Claude Fable (via Claude Code on iPhone) to help finalize the 4.0 stable release. The effort cost approximately $149.25 in API usage. Willison emphasized the importance of SemVer compliance and minimizing breaking changes. The release candidate 4.0rc2 was produced with assistance from the model, which helped spot issues before shipping.

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Tool ReleaseTue, Jul 7, 2026, 05:36 AM

sqlite-utils 4.0rc4 released, incorporating Claude Fable 5 review feedback

Simon Willison released sqlite-utils 4.0rc4, the last release candidate before the stable 4.0 release. The RC incorporates feedback from a detailed review by Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 model, and the code was mostly written by Claude Fable 5 for a cost of about $149.25.

↑ Updated Tue, Jul 7, 2026, 05:36 AM — sqlite-utils 4.0rc4 released, final RC before stable.

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Tool ReleaseMon, Jul 6, 2026, 05:40 AM

Simon Willison releases sqlite-utils 4.0rc3 with compound foreign key support

Simon Willison released sqlite-utils 4.0rc3, adding support for introspecting and creating compound foreign keys. The release was delayed as he worked through issues using Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.5, resulting in a growing changelog.

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CommunitySat, Jul 11, 2026, 08:35 AM

Developer tests AI code review tools: Claude/Codex vs Cursor Bugbot vs others

A developer spent two weeks testing AI code review options after their team's review queue grew unmanageable. They found that asking Claude or Codex to review diffs works well solo but doesn't scale to teams doing 10+ PRs daily, and they began evaluating Cursor's Bugbot as a more automated alternative.

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CommunitySat, Jul 11, 2026, 01:17 PM

Developer tests Claude Sonnet 5 and Fable 5 on coding tasks in 400K-line repo

A developer tested Claude Sonnet 5 and Fable 5 on two coding tasks: adding a RAG Debugger to the 400K-line Open WebUI repo and building a browser-based Clash Royale game. Both models performed well, with Fable building a debugger that worked across the full knowledge base while Sonnet focused on single-document checking.

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ProductSun, Jul 12, 2026, 04:36 PM

AI code review tool using custom standards file

Surmado's Scout is a low-cost AI code review tool for small teams, solo founders, and vibe coders. It reviews pull requests against a user-defined STANDARDS.MD file, providing feedback on what looks good, what needs work, and a reviewer brief. It aims to be 1/10 the price of Claude.

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