I'm confident that within a year or two it won't make sense to have a buzzword for "used an LLM to help me write code as a software dev" because that would be like having a buzzword for "searched Google and copied and pasted snippets from Stack Overflow" – that's just coding!
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Running Qwen3 Coder on Mac with LM Studio and Open WebUI
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I wrote about the new Qwen3 Coder model here, including details on how I got it running on my Mac using LM Studio, Open WebUI, mlx-lm and my own LLM command-line tool https://
simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/31/qw
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Conscious coding requires attention to written code
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If you're asking how something works I don't think you are vibe coding any more – you're clearly paying attention to the code that has been written at that point
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Poe Launches Paid Subscription Points Purchase Option
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If your subscription points aren't enough, you can now purchase additional points at cost. These points work seamlessly across both our API and Poe chat. (5/7)
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Poe API Launch: Get Started with Developer Documentation
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To get started, you can generate an API key at http://
poe.com/api_key, read the docs at https://
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Poe API Now Compatible with OpenAI Chat Completions
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Our API is now compatible with OpenAI chat completions, so tools like Cursor, Cline, and Continue are immediately usable with your Poe account. Poe subscriptions can power any application you connect, using the same points you already have. (3/7)
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Poe Launches Developer API with Multi-Modal Model Access
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Introducing the Poe API for developers, with three important features: 1) Access to all models and bots on Poe across all modalities
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CEOs and Technical Debt: Understanding Future Payment Obligations
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CEOs take on technical debt all the time, that's why it's a useful metaphor: you can chose to take on technical debt, but you have to acknowledge that payments will come due
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LM Studio: Easiest Way to Try New AI Model
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Looks like LM Studio is currently the easiest way to try the new model
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MLX Model Requires 96GB RAM, Runs Space Invaders Game
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This full precision MLX model needs 63.5GB of RAM while running (so likely needs a Mac with 96GB or 128GB) – but its space invaders is fully functional! https://t.co/0TVkYrAIxV
— Simon Willison (@simonw) 31 juillet 2025This full precision MLX model needs 63.5GB of RAM while running (so likely needs a Mac with 96GB or 128GB) – but its space invaders is fully functional!