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Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly

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  1. nylonstrung · · focus · HN ↗
    At this point I very much question that handwritten assembly can be more performant than what LLVM-based langs can produce at the highest optimization settings. Compilers are very good at optimization

    Particularly when the "handwritten" code in question is vibecoded, like this is

    1. Someone · · focus · HN ↗
      > Particularly when the "handwritten" code in question is vibecoded, like this is

      Also, “For Apple silicon, a build-time translator converts that core to AArch64” likely doesn’t help the quality of the ARM code.

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