Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code
A post on simonwillison.net is cited by 45 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 10 October 2026).
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45blogs citing
| Period | Blogs | Links |
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| All time | 45 | 52 |
| Last 90 days | 0 | 0 |
| Last 30 days | 0 | 0 |
| Last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First cited | 10 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|
| Latest citation | 28 May 2026 |
| Anchor phrases | 5 |
| Called by its title | 10 of 45 blogs |
| External links | 27 |
| Words captured | 5,081 |
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| 10 Mar 2025 | 8 |
| 17 Mar 2025 | 6 |
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| 31 Mar 2025 | 1 |
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| 14 Apr 2025 | 3 |
| 21 Apr 2025 | 0 |
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| 5 May 2025 | 1 |
| 12 May 2025 | 0 |
| 19 May 2025 | 3 |
| 26 May 2025 | 1 |
| 2 Jun 2025 | 0 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | 0 |
| 16 Jun 2025 | 1 |
| 23 Jun 2025 | 1 |
| 30 Jun 2025 | 1 |
| 7 Jul 2025 | 0 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | 0 |
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| 28 Jul 2025 | 0 |
| 4 Aug 2025 | 0 |
| 11 Aug 2025 | 0 |
| 18 Aug 2025 | 1 |
| 25 Aug 2025 | 0 |
| 1 Sept 2025 | 1 |
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
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Who cited it
Cited by 45 blogs across 2 subjects: technology 28, business and economics 1, unclassified 16.
- Technology28
- Business and economics1
- Unclassified16
How it is described
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- here’s how i use llms to help me write code10 blogs
- simon willison3 blogs
- here's how i use llms to help me write code1 blog
- "using llms to write code is difficult and unintuitive"1 blog
- 77 html/js apps in a single repo1 blog
Cited by 45 blogs in 52 posts
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linked as “Simon Willison”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “describes the right instinct”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “documented the approach”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “77 HTML/JS apps in a single repo”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “Here is how I use LLMs to help me write code”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “working with LLMs for code”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)2 other posts
linked as “writing on AI-assisted programming”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “using LLMs for code”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “Simon Willison: Using LLMs for Code”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “his article”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)1 other post
linked as “Simon Willison’s llm”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “Here's how I use LLMs to help me write code”
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linked as “Here's how I use LLMs to help me write code”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “The king of LLM blogging, Simon Willison, has a great overview on using LLMs to write code”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “this post from Simon Willison”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “detailed example”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “how he created a mini tool”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/11/using-llms-for-code/”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “article”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)1 other post
linked as “Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “LLM-assisted coding is much more than vibe coding”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “see this post by him as well”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “Simon Willison suggests in his post on how he uses LLMs”
Read at the source (opens in a new tab)linked as “interesting use cases”
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