Use HTTPS URLs in python README

[simonw]

Summary

• switch python script URLs to HTTPS in README

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Tasks

• Read repository guidelines (CLAUDE.md) - no repo-specific guidelines found
• Analyze the modified python/README.md file
• Review URL changes for correctness and security
• Provide comprehensive feedback on code quality, bugs, performance, security, and test coverage

PR Review: Use HTTPS URLs in python README

This is a clean, straightforward security improvement that updates all HTTP URLs to HTTPS for the tools.simonwillison.net domain.

✅ Security - Excellent improvement

• Major security benefit: Switching from HTTP to HTTPS prevents man-in-the-middle attacks when downloading and executing Python scripts
• All 15 URL changes are consistent: http://tools.simonwillison.net/ → https://tools.simonwillison.net/
• This is especially important since these URLs are used with uv run to directly execute remote Python scripts
• HTTPS ensures script integrity and authenticity during download

✅ Code Quality - Perfect execution

• Changes are systematic and complete across all instances in python/README.md:10,22,35,43,85,95,101,109,118,128,137,142,150,205,215
• No broken links or typos introduced
• Consistent formatting maintained
• All usage examples updated properly

✅ Performance - No concerns

• HTTPS may have minimal overhead vs HTTP, but this is negligible
• No functional changes that would impact script performance

✅ Potential Issues - None identified

• All URLs follow the same pattern transformation
• No edge cases or special handling required
• Change is backwards compatible (HTTPS sites typically redirect HTTP)

✅ Test Coverage - Not applicable

• Documentation change only, no code logic modified
• Test failure mentioned in PR description is unrelated (browser dependencies)
• No additional testing required for URL protocol changes

Verdict: This PR should be approved and merged. It's a clean security enhancement with no downside.

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