Simon Willison responds to Paul Ford's 'The Web Is More Than Enough' by demonstrating that Claude Opus 5.5 can port a Three.js 3D project to pure Vanilla JS + WebGL. While the output isn't identical, it shows AI's growing capability in browser-based 3D graphics development without heavy frameworks.
Background
Paul Ford wrote an influential essay arguing that the modern web platform (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is sufficient for most needs without over-relying on new frameworks and tools. Simon Willison is a well-known developer and AI researcher who frequently experiments with LLM capabilities.
- Source
- Simon Willison
- Published
- Nov 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10