frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Show HN: A browser IDE for m68000, Z80 assembly (and more), with graphics

https://asm-editor.specy.app/
9•specy•2d ago
Asm Editor is an open-source browser IDE for writing, running, and debugging assembly.

It currently supports M68K, Z80, MIPS, RISC-V (32- and 64-bit), and x86-64. The debugger includes breakpoints, backward stepping, execution history, register and memory inspection, and other tools intended to make assembly easier to understand.

I recently added graphics, keyboard, and mouse support, so it’s now possible to build small games and other interactive programs.

The project is aimed primarily at university students learning assembly. The M68K emulator takes inspiration from Easy68K, while the MIPS emulator uses the same emulator as MARS. Both are commonly used in computer science courses.

I’m also working on interactive courses for those architectures, allowing students to learn and experiment directly in the app.

The app also has architecture documentation, shareable files, project templates, and tools for professors to create exams.

You can create a project from one of the templates to quickly try it out. I’d love to hear your feedback, particularly from people who teach or have learned assembly.

Demo: https://asm-editor.specy.app/projects/create (pick the language and template you prefer)

Repo: https://github.com/Specy/asm-editor

Comments

specy•2d ago
I also experimented with running the actual java MARS application directly in the browser with chreepj which is a java emulator in the web: https://asm-editor.specy.app/apps/mars

Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin

https://shopify.engineering/back-to-native
731•fnthawar2•10h ago•488 comments

More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math

https://mathstodon.xyz/@andreasthom/117240535270608201
620•pred_•17h ago•609 comments

OpenAI Agents API

https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/overview
106•aquir•4h ago•69 comments

Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra

https://cognition.com/blog/swe-2
343•seelos•9h ago•140 comments

The Deathray: A simple way for an untrusted site to freeze a Mac

https://auberon.xyz/blog/posts/deathray/
62•auberonedu•5h ago•40 comments

Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables

https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/hands-off-my-cables/
298•Brajeshwar•9h ago•228 comments

Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025)

https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Manipulating_Satellite_Photos_Now_Reveals_Ancient_Images
259•gumby•9h ago•39 comments

NTSB issues investigative update on B-767 runway excursion accident in Miami

https://www.ntsb.gov:443/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20260909.aspx
43•mckn1ght•3h ago•62 comments

Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom

https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html
149•aanet•7h ago•72 comments

Forgejo <=16.0.3 Critical RCE

https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/release-notes-published/16.0.4.md
146•weierstass•8h ago•54 comments

Neki – Sharded Postgres

https://planetscale.com/blog/introducing-neki
192•simon_weber•8h ago•104 comments

Recursion into madness

https://blog.coredump.cx/p/recursion-into-madness
29•surprisetalk•3d ago•7 comments

Hitachi launches CO2 heat pump water heaters with solar-friendly tariff controls

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/07/hitachi-launches-co2-heat-pump-water-heaters-with-solar-fr...
282•thelastgallon•1d ago•222 comments

Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft

https://rustfoundation.org/media/guest-post-rust-is-tier-1-language-at-microsoft/
589•mmastrac•10h ago•328 comments

OpenAI’s Navier-Stokes release included a Lean 4 formal proof

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/09/09/formal-method-revolution/
128•ibobev•3h ago•128 comments

What happens when a GPU writes memory

https://blog.doubleword.ai/what-happens-when-a-gpu-writes-memory
38•ibobev•2d ago•1 comments

Embedding a bitmap font in your HyperCard stack

https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/09/08/hypercard-custom-fonts-in-resources.html
12•zdw•2d ago•0 comments

Proof of Capture: Apple Reference Image, but open source and using steganography

https://merybenavente.me/blog/proof-of-capture
60•merybenavente•4h ago•44 comments

JEP 544: Ahead-of-Time Code Compilation

https://openjdk.org/jeps/544
71•Skinney•7h ago•24 comments

Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026

https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026
74•garo-pro•7h ago•138 comments

Show HN: Vertumnus – printable posters of farmers' market produce seasonality

https://vertumnus.fyi
23•perspectivezoom•2d ago•11 comments

Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex?

https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/how-big-tech-and-silicon-valley-are-transforming-milita...
145•paimapi•8h ago•283 comments

iPhone Duo

https://www.apple.com/iphone-duo/
1410•thecosmicfrog•1d ago•2427 comments

Douglas Hofstadter: Analogy as the Core of Cognition [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8m7lFQ3njk
136•tosh•4d ago•72 comments

What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your initial user picture?

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260909-00/?p=112683
337•soheilpro•15h ago•165 comments

Show HN: A browser IDE for m68000, Z80 assembly (and more), with graphics

https://asm-editor.specy.app/
9•specy•2d ago•1 comments

Stockfish 19

https://stockfishchess.org/blog/2026/stockfish-19/
269•atiedebee•3d ago•154 comments

Creativity is the new moat

https://www.inventbuild.studio/blog/genuine-creativity-is-your-new-moat
128•virgil_disgr4ce•5h ago•67 comments

List of references on Sony websites to players "owning" their digital games

https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Sony_PlayStation_digital_game_ownership_lawsuit
356•haunter•12h ago•120 comments

Cognition's SWE-2 achieves 92.8 on Terminal-Bench 2.1

https://tokenstead.ai/models/swe-2
57•cdnsteve•7h ago•25 comments