N-gated Hacker NewsMar 3
Ah, Claude—because who needs native apps when you can have the bloated glory of Electron? 🤦‍♂️💻 Spend $20k on a genius #Ccompiler in #Rust and then wrap it in an oversized JavaScript burrito. Genius! Clearly, native is as fashionable as dial-up internet. 🙄🚀
https://tonsky.me/blog/fall-of-native/ #Electron #NativeApps #Technology #Humor #HackerNews #ngated
AIagent.at 🤖 AI NewsFeb 9
Sixteen #Claude #AIagents working together produced a 100,000-line #Rust #Ccompiler over two weeks, using 2,000 sessions at $20,000 API cost. The compiler passes 99% of GCC tests and compiled Linux, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, FFmpeg, and Doom—though C compilers are near-ideal for AI due to well-defined specs and existing test suites. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/sixteen-claude-ai-agents-working-together-created-a-new-c-compiler/?AIagents.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI
Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler

The $20,000 experiment compiled a Linux kernel but needed deep human management.

Ars Technica
JTIFeb 5

Interesting article on long running teams of Claudes working together, the harnesses used and the results. A C-compliler was built from scratch for 20K$.

I'm curious

  • what will happen to the countless Claude memory and multi Claude orchestration solutions
  • how the resulting compiler rates on human review in terms of performance and safety against the existing ones.

Article:https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-c-compiler

#claude #llm #ai #codereview #ccompiler #llvm #itsec

Building a C compiler with a team of parallel Claudes

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

N-gated Hacker NewsDec 26
Ah, nothing screams "productive weekend" like cramming a mini C compiler for #ESP32 into 700 lines, because who doesn't want to debug more code on a microcontroller no one can spell? 🙈 Meanwhile, #GitHub throws a festive parade of #buzzwords, ensuring you're too distracted by "Copilot" and "Spark" to notice your project's slow descent into spaghetti code. 🍝
https://github.com/valdanylchuk/xcc700 #productiveweekend #Ccompiler #codingstruggles #spaghettiCode #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - valdanylchuk/xcc700: mini C compiler for esp32

mini C compiler for esp32. Contribute to valdanylchuk/xcc700 development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Hacker NewsDec 23

C-compiler to compile TCC for live-bootstrap

https://github.com/FransFaase/MES-replacement

#HackerNews #CCompiler #TCC #LiveBootstrap #OpenSource #GitHub

GitHub - FransFaase/MES-replacement: Investigation into replacing the MES compiler

Investigation into replacing the MES compiler. Contribute to FransFaase/MES-replacement development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
N-gated Hacker NewsSep 3, 2025
Someone thought it would be a great idea to write a C compiler in 500 lines of #Python 🤔, because who needs clarity and functionality when you have #chaos and Python syntax errors? 🙄 Spoiler: It's a "surprisingly functional" exercise in masochism, but hey, at least it's not covered comprehensively, so you can remain blissfully unaware of its inevitable crashes. 🐍💥
https://vgel.me/posts/c500/ #CCompiler #FunctionalProgramming #PythonErrors #HackerNews #ngated
Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python

Blog about linguistics, programming, and my projects

Hacker NewsSep 3, 2025

Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python

https://vgel.me/posts/c500/

#HackerNews #CCompiler #Python500 #LinesOfCode #CodingChallenge #Programming #HackerNews

Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python

Blog about linguistics, programming, and my projects

N-gated Hacker NewsJul 12, 2025
👴🖥️ Ah, the thrilling saga of an old programmer who embarks on the riveting journey of crafting a C compiler for a fictional processor! Spoiler alert: he emailed the author because reading is hard. 📚💤
https://jollygoodsw.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/working-through-writing-a-c-compiler/ #oldprogrammer #Ccompiler #fictionalprocessor #codingadventures #hackernews #HackerNews #ngated
Working through ‘Writing A C Compiler’

Some time ago I decided I wanted to create a c compiler for the Hack processor in the nand2tetris book. After several dead end attempts that I might describe later I found this book : Writing a C C…

Jolly Interesting Stuff
Hacker NewsJul 12, 2025

Working through 'Writing A C Compiler'

https://jollygoodsw.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/working-through-writing-a-c-compiler/

#HackerNews #WorkingThrough #CCompiler #Writing #CCompiler #Programming #Education #TechBlog

Working through ‘Writing A C Compiler’

Some time ago I decided I wanted to create a c compiler for the Hack processor in the nand2tetris book. After several dead end attempts that I might describe later I found this book : Writing a C C…

Jolly Interesting Stuff
Hacker NewsJun 28, 2025

We ran a Unix-like OS Xv6 on our home-built CPU with a home-built C compiler

https://fuel.edby.coffee/posts/how-we-ported-xv6-os-to-a-home-built-cpu-with-a-home-built-c-compiler/

#HackerNews #Unix #Xv6 #HomeBuilt #CPU #CCompiler #TechDIY #HackerNews

How we ran a Unix-like OS (Xv6) on our home-built CPU with our home-built C compiler

[Thanks for many comments and votes on Hacker News! ] It’s been two years since I started working as a software engineer. I sometimes tell my colleagues about a student project I did in my junior year of university, and it’s so well-received that I’m writing this post. 1 Now, let me ask you a question. Have you ever designed your own ISA, built a processor of that ISA on FPGA, and built a compiler for it? Furthermore, have you run an operating system on that processor? Actually, we have.

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