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New benchmark expands Simon Willison's pelican-bicycle SVG test with 30 prompts

A community-built site has extended Simon Willison's informal LLM benchmark—asking models to draw an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle—into a set of 30 drawing prompts tested across 2025 and 2026 model runs. The 2026 batch currently covers prompts 1 through 10, with images displayed unedited exactly as each model generated them.

gally.net · 2026-09-14

Century-old bicycle coaster brake mechanism explained in technical breakdown

A technical explainer examines the internal workings of the coaster brake, a rear-hub braking system that has been used on bicycles for more than 100 years. The piece breaks down the mechanical components and physics that allow pedaling backward to engage stopping power without external levers or cables.

dougbarnesauthor.com · 2026-08-29