[mati365]

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

[guenthert]

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.

[w4yai]

> 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]

Seems like this is facetious but to me, “I’m not special” is a pretty valid thing to be sad about.

[tgv]

The two dos in "do what I do" do absolutely not carry the same meaning.