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

186 points · 101 comments · rossant

  1. Nurysso · · focus · HN ↗
    OHH my god this is soo awesome, I wonder how people build such things.
    1. Retr0id · · focus · HN ↗
      They opened their AI agent and typed "make me a 16-bit computer built from NAND gates" and hit enter.
      1. phoghed · · focus · HN ↗
        Go ahead and paste that into your coding harness of choice and see if you get this out.
        1. Retr0id · · focus · HN ↗
          It'd take a few extra sentences to get the details, but I'm confident enough that it would work that I'd rather save my tokens for something more personally interesting.
          1. phoghed · · focus · HN ↗
            4 sentences huh? I think I’m going to remain a doubter.
            1. Retr0id · · focus · HN ↗
              I'm sincerely curious, when was the last time you tried agentic coding?
              1. phoghed · · focus · HN ↗

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            2. ktm5j · · focus · HN ↗
              Sometimes people disagree, don't take it personally. You might be right and they're wrong, but even still you don't have to blow up about it. That's why you got flagged.
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