I've been handwriting my website since forever. That way I don't have to also load megabytes of JS libraries, and it keeps it nice and lean (ish)
replySome of us enjoy intellectual challenges....
replyThe Bornat book looks great.
The fact that it is in BCPL is ultra cool.
Liking intellectual challenges on Hacker News is very 2008. It's 2026, the AI will write a compiler in 5 minutes, no headache required.
replyIf you're still playing with Rubik's cubes you're going to get left behind.
> you're going to get left behind.
replyWhat's wrong with that? Why do you fear getting left behind? This is just fearmongering.
Mind you these are legitimate interests of people and in most of cases probably not related to professional work.
And lol @ "It's 2026, the AI will write a compiler in 5 minutes, no headache required.", no it will not, have you seen Anthropic's post about Claude writing the "C compiler"?
I think this chap is just joking.
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