Someone built a C compiler with an LLM for $100 and it boots Linux
A solo dev used an LLM as a pair programmer to write a C compiler from scratch. It compiles itself and boots the Linux kernel. Total AI budget: $100.
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Someone forked TypeScript to add Go's defer keyword
A developer forked the TypeScript compiler to add Go-style defer statements. The implementation works, the maintenance burden is real.
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Poly/ML is still compiling after 40 years
Standard ML has a production compiler that predates Java, runs on ARM64, and ships with a garbage collector tuned for symbolic computation.
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