← Back to context Comment by Narishma 4 hours ago > Hand-written real-mode 8086. No C, no linker, no runtime library.More like hand-prompted... 12 comments Narishma Reply DaiPlusPlus 1 hour ago And LLMs are still confidently bullshitting:> Everything after that is the interface you remember from a 1984 Macintosh: […] and a dock along the bottom with one tile per running program.In that case I look forward to seeing OS X’s Aqua ported to the IBM PS/2. userbinator 39 minutes ago In that case I look forward to seeing OS X’s Aqua ported to the IBM PS/2.If this project is any indication, AI can definitely make that happen too. vunderba 2 hours ago From the landing page:> 66,183 lines of hand-written real-mode assemblyGoes to the github - contributers jggonz and CLAUDE. The README.md doubles down on this at the bottom with the license.> Everything here is hand-written; no third-party code is vendored into the OS, so the whole tree is covered by that one license.That's what happens when you let an LLM write your ad-copy... ButlerianJihad 2 hours ago It can't be written by LLM -- the human author has claimed copyrighthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49203613 skissane 1 hour ago I’ve got nothing against AI-written codeBut if people are going to post it on HN, they should consider at least writing the README / main page of their website by handIt is nice to hear the human authorial voice, at least sometimes userbinator 2 hours ago I'm surprised Claude is actually decent at real-mode Asm, but maybe there was a lot of attempts and guidance by the human. nineteen999 2 hours ago Ive been throwing z80, 6502, 68000, 8086, i386 and x86_64 asm at it lately. Haven't seen it get stuck on any of them. paulryanrogers 1 hour ago Do you think the low-level nature of ASM contribute to how successful the LLMs are with it? MiroslavPokorny 2 hours ago github ? winocm 39 minutes ago The assembly really, really hurts to read.
DaiPlusPlus 1 hour ago And LLMs are still confidently bullshitting:> Everything after that is the interface you remember from a 1984 Macintosh: […] and a dock along the bottom with one tile per running program.In that case I look forward to seeing OS X’s Aqua ported to the IBM PS/2. userbinator 39 minutes ago In that case I look forward to seeing OS X’s Aqua ported to the IBM PS/2.If this project is any indication, AI can definitely make that happen too.
userbinator 39 minutes ago In that case I look forward to seeing OS X’s Aqua ported to the IBM PS/2.If this project is any indication, AI can definitely make that happen too.
vunderba 2 hours ago From the landing page:> 66,183 lines of hand-written real-mode assemblyGoes to the github - contributers jggonz and CLAUDE. The README.md doubles down on this at the bottom with the license.> Everything here is hand-written; no third-party code is vendored into the OS, so the whole tree is covered by that one license.That's what happens when you let an LLM write your ad-copy... ButlerianJihad 2 hours ago It can't be written by LLM -- the human author has claimed copyrighthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49203613
ButlerianJihad 2 hours ago It can't be written by LLM -- the human author has claimed copyrighthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49203613
skissane 1 hour ago I’ve got nothing against AI-written codeBut if people are going to post it on HN, they should consider at least writing the README / main page of their website by handIt is nice to hear the human authorial voice, at least sometimes
userbinator 2 hours ago I'm surprised Claude is actually decent at real-mode Asm, but maybe there was a lot of attempts and guidance by the human. nineteen999 2 hours ago Ive been throwing z80, 6502, 68000, 8086, i386 and x86_64 asm at it lately. Haven't seen it get stuck on any of them. paulryanrogers 1 hour ago Do you think the low-level nature of ASM contribute to how successful the LLMs are with it? MiroslavPokorny 2 hours ago github ?
nineteen999 2 hours ago Ive been throwing z80, 6502, 68000, 8086, i386 and x86_64 asm at it lately. Haven't seen it get stuck on any of them. paulryanrogers 1 hour ago Do you think the low-level nature of ASM contribute to how successful the LLMs are with it? MiroslavPokorny 2 hours ago github ?
paulryanrogers 1 hour ago Do you think the low-level nature of ASM contribute to how successful the LLMs are with it?
And LLMs are still confidently bullshitting:
> Everything after that is the interface you remember from a 1984 Macintosh: […] and a dock along the bottom with one tile per running program.
In that case I look forward to seeing OS X’s Aqua ported to the IBM PS/2.
In that case I look forward to seeing OS X’s Aqua ported to the IBM PS/2.
If this project is any indication, AI can definitely make that happen too.
From the landing page:
> 66,183 lines of hand-written real-mode assembly
Goes to the github - contributers jggonz and CLAUDE. The README.md doubles down on this at the bottom with the license.
> Everything here is hand-written; no third-party code is vendored into the OS, so the whole tree is covered by that one license.
That's what happens when you let an LLM write your ad-copy...
It can't be written by LLM -- the human author has claimed copyright
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49203613
I’ve got nothing against AI-written code
But if people are going to post it on HN, they should consider at least writing the README / main page of their website by hand
It is nice to hear the human authorial voice, at least sometimes
I'm surprised Claude is actually decent at real-mode Asm, but maybe there was a lot of attempts and guidance by the human.
Ive been throwing z80, 6502, 68000, 8086, i386 and x86_64 asm at it lately. Haven't seen it get stuck on any of them.
Do you think the low-level nature of ASM contribute to how successful the LLMs are with it?
github ?
The assembly really, really hurts to read.