yes maybe, but also will feel completely pointless after. like a soulless one-night stand :-)

could as easily run it in an emulator

Different people code for different reasons.

For some the "point" is just solving a problem, however that happens.

For others it's an art form that gives them a sense of worth, using their knowledge and experience to do something special that not just anyone can do.

Neither is right or wrong; people just have different goals.

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RajT88 a day ago | parent | next [-]

I am not a great programmer, and I certainly do not have the attention span to complete a big personal project. But I can describe well to Claude the architecture I want, the look and feel of the UI and how it all should work.

I have things running in my homelab which are awesome and amazing and useful and one of a kind. It is a great feeling.

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cmrdporcupine a day ago | parent | prev [-]

don't get me wrong. i've always just built for the sake of it and nerd out. and now I just... do more of it, with AI. i'm not opposed.

e.g. https://github.com/rdaum/rekursiv/ done on a whim based on a book i've had on the shelf for 25 years

it's just insane what you can get done these days.

i just think with this thing in particular, it being in x86 assembly means you're not really "porting" but rewriting. and then why that and not something else? :)

	▲	andsoitis a day ago \| parent [-]
		but imagine using AI to port it quickly, and then using AI to expand the feature set, refine elements, etc. That would be very satisfying to me, for example.