# Simon Willison's blog

21 Hacker News commenters recommended Simon Willison's blog and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for keeping up with LLM and AI releases, with clear, high-signal posts on many tech topics. Critics say some posts are mostly quotes and retelling of events.

## Why people recommend it

- Tracks latest AI releases closely (3 comments): "Unless you want to spend a huge amount of time trying to keep up with the state of the art, just follow simonw." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48940918)) "Simon's blog is the best content there is on what the latest LLM gizmo is and how well it works." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46487806)) "It's worth following Simon Willison's blog, he keeps up with the latest AI releases" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48239498))
- High-signal, well-organized content (2 comments): "I find Simon's blog and TILs to be some of the highest signal to noise content on the internet." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46958501)) "more informative and organized than average AI-related content" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46451251))
- Go-to resource for learning LLMs (2 comments): "It’s the #1 resource I recommend to anyone in the industry wanting to learn more about LLMs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683889)) "I find your writing on LLMs to be useful." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46264847))
- Covers many tech topics (2 comments): "Simon's blog is stellar, and he posts on many tech topics in addition to AI." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46368073)) "Blogs are significantly more up to date with most technical topics." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49230098))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Simon Willison's blog", https://hackerapproved.com/p/simon-willison-s-blog/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).