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Oh, it looks like my X86-16 boot sector C compiler that I made recently [1]. Writing boot sector games has a nostalgic magic to it, when programming was actuall

by mati365 8mo ago

Oh, it looks like my X86-16 boot sector C compiler that I made recently [1]. Writing boot sector games has a nostalgic magic to it, when programming was actually fun and showed off your skills. It's a shame that the AI era has terribly devalued these projects. [1] https://github.com/Mati365/ts-c-compiler https://github.com/Mati365/ts-c-compiler

w4yai 8mo ago
> when programming was actually fun and showed off your skills Oh no. Now more people are able to do what I do. I'm not special anymore.
- mlsu 8mo ago
  Seems like this is facetious but to me, “I’m not special” is a pretty valid thing to be sad about.
- tgv 8mo ago
  The two dos in "do what I do" do absolutely not carry the same meaning.
guenthert 8mo ago
Er, what? The article describes a compiler for a not-quite-C programming language which fits entirely in 512B. Your project, if I see this correctly, can optionally produce code meant to execute as boot sector. Both interesting projects, but other than the words 'boot sector', 'C' and 'compiler', I don't see a similarity.