---
title: "Sorting algorithms"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/sorting-algorithms-v5oer1tyy
source_url: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/11/sorting-algorithms
type: article
source: "Programming Digest"
published: 2026-04-05T21:42:43.173Z
updated: 2026-04-05T21:43:06.253Z
tags: ["general-programming", "javascript", "claude", "vibe-coding"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 143
comments: 8
language: en
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# Sorting algorithms

**[Programming Digest](https://daily.dev/sources/programmingdigest)** · 2 min read · 143 upvotes · 8 comments

## Summary

Simon Willison used Claude Artifacts on his phone to build interactive animated demonstrations of common sorting algorithms (bubble sort, selection sort, insertion sort, merge sort, quick sort, heap sort). He then prompted Claude to add Python's Timsort by cloning the CPython repo from GitHub and consulting the source files. A 'run all' button was added to display all algorithms simultaneously in a grid. Notably, when GPT-5.4 Thinking reviewed Claude's Timsort implementation, it found it to be a simplified, Timsort-inspired adaptive mergesort rather than a true Timsort.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@avirajmullick** · 2 upvotes

> my fav is miracle sort
>
> or bogo sort

**@jensroland** · 1 upvotes

> My favorite sorting algorithm is O(n), but it only sorts lists of integers. It's called 'Counting Sort'.

**@radmilomarkovic** · 0 upvotes

> Sorting algorithms are very important part in the technology world. It is always effective to use pictures or diagrams to grasp concepts better.

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