AI is really good an taking what we already know and producing something that works, but what about new innovations?
With all that said, this is still pretty cool.
Why does that even matter for toy projects? The point is that you finally can do stuff for fun that would otherwise to be too time consuming to even bother.
Here is a list of idiotic personal projects I did (or rather let the AI do) for fun in less than 3 days that would never have happened:
- 2bit-ima-adpcm encoder with joint-stereo lookahead noise shaping
- jpeg-like image compression codec that uses Delaunay triangulation instead of 8x8px squares
- Full ICCCM and EHWM support for an abandoned vintage X11 window manager
- Exposé style window overview for icewm with the original window placement, animation and fading of MacOS Panther
- A lock screen that looks bit-identical to a MS Windows bluescreen but changes the error message (Stop code) whenever you type in a wrong password
Why 3.5" floppy drive icons instead of a 5.25"? The images of the OS running on hardware [1] have mostly 5.25" drives.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(8-bit_operating_system) [1] https://os8088.com/hardware/
Not every project that uses AI is immediately "AI slop".
> This is a hobby project. I rely on AI to speed up the work (including the writing and maintenance of the webpage and the markdown files you see here). If you spot a mistake, you're welcome to contribute a fix in the form of a PR.
The author is inviting your hand written assembly skills to help him reduce the "slop"
jggonz•2h ago
It runs on anything with an x86 processor from the early 8088/8086 CPUs up to the latest CPUs. It supports CGA/Hercules + VGA. Sound Blaster, NE2000 network and MFM hard drive support is now available.
We've also ported many cool apps: MOD trackers, TexPad, MS Word 1.1a (in ASM and C), CP/M 2.2 emulator with a ton of apps and games, and several ported games from the early arcade days.
Run it in the browser at: https://os8088.com/demo
Yes, the website has a lot of AI generated content. I'm working on a redesign and tooling to edit and rewrite the content by hand.
mysterydip•1h ago
nsxwolf•39m ago