Simon Willison builds a shareable LaTeX renderer with Claude Code
LaTeX renderer
- Who
- Simon Willison
- What
- built and introduced a web tool that renders and previews LaTeX
- Quote
Tiny Little Office inspired me to have Claude Code (Opus 5.5 Extra) build a similar tool that works with LaTeX.
What happened
Simon Willison built LaTeX renderer using Claude Code (Opus 5.5 Extra), inspired by Tiny Little Office's approach to storing documents in URL fragments. The tool renders equations with MathJax and documents or prose fragments with faster-latex, offering a live preview and switches between editing and rendered views. Users can enter source, load a URL or GitHub Gist, and share readable or compressed links.
The story so far
Simon Willison built and introduced a web-based LaTeX renderer using Claude Code (Opus 5.5 Extra), allowing users to preview LaTeX and share it through readable or compressed links. Inspired by Tiny Little Office’s approach, the tool stores documents in URL fragments. The renderer uses MathJax for equations and faster-latex for documents or prose fragments. Users can enter LaTeX source or load it from a URL or GitHub Gist, see a live preview, and switch between editing and rendered views.
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