What Simon Willison thinks about behavioural science

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Co-creator of Django and creator of Datasette; writes daily at simonwillison.net.

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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Simon Willison has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 3 Oct 2026, 23:34 UTC

   Our readingMost businesses and individuals would probably prefer service errors to a surprise $10,000+ bill.

   Their wordsI expect that most businesses and individuals would prefer errors to a surprise $10,000+ bill.

   ↗We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everythingsimonwillison.net