Simon Willison Ports Three.js Project to Vanilla JS with Claude Opus 5.5
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On November 9, 2026, after leaving a comment in the Hacker News discussion of Paul Ford's article "The Web Is More Than Enough," Simon Willison ran a hands-on test. Using Claude Opus 5.5 Medium, he ported a sea-slug-themed Faberge Egg project he had built that morning with Three.js to Vanilla JS. This report covers the latest development of the event; no follow-up has been reported so far.
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- Simon WillisonThe Web Is More Than Enough, by Paul Ford
After commenting on the Hacker News discussion of Paul Ford's "The Web Is More Than Enough", Simon Willison ran a hands-on test, using Claude Opus 5.5 Medium to port the sea-slug-themed Faberge Egg project he had built that morning with Three.js over to Vanilla JS.
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