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NAND-16: a computer built from 277,248 NAND gates

186 points · 101 comments · rossant

  1. guiambros · · focus · HN ↗
    This is pretty sad. Seeing this a couple of years ago would be mind blowing. An impressive technical feat by someone with grit and resilience to painstakingly build this from scratch.

    Today? Meh.

    1. Retr0id · · focus · HN ↗
      Yup. I got excited for a bit, until I loaded the page and saw it was slop. I still would be impressed if someone actually took the time to learn about and implement it for themselves.
      1. HarHarVeryFunny · · focus · HN ↗
        Yeah, and it seems they didn't even physically build it (which is most of the point of these retro projects), else where are the photos? So this is an emulation of a vibe coded processor. Couldn't they at least have added a three.js animation of bits flying around or something?!
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