Simon Willison builds a LaTeX rendering tool with Claude Code
What happened
On 15 October 2026, Simon Willison reported that he built a LaTeX renderer tool using Claude Code (Opus 5.5 Extra). The tool can render LaTeX source as a single MathJax formula or as a full document typeset with faster-latex, and supports live preview in the editor plus switching between Edit and Rendered views. This is the only report on the matter so far, with no earlier coverage to compare against and no contradictions in figures, times or claims.
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- Simon WillisonLaTeX renderer
Tool: LaTeX renderer Inspired by Paul Ford and Aboard Foundary's new web app Tiny Little Office , which provides a suite of web app content editors (a Word Processor, Outliner, Presentation Builder, Spreadsheet, Calculator, Drawing Tool, Diagram Maker, Animator, Calendar, and Trip Planner).
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