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datasette-explain 0.2.2

Simon Willison released datasette-explain 0.2.2 on 20th September 2026, adding support for explain plans on read-only stored-query pages. The release followed Willison's upgrade of datasette.simonwillison.net to Datasette 1.0a40, which prompted the new version of the plugin.

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20th September 2026

  • Explain plans now work on read-only stored-query pages. I upgraded datasette.simonwillison.net to Datasette 1.0a40, which inspired me to ship a new version of this explain plugin.

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source & further reading
simonwillison.net — original article MCP was always a bad idea? Note on 18th September 2026 Quoting Thariq Shihipar
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