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· 5 min read
v86 emulates a whole x86 PC in the browser and boots a hundred-plus operating systems, from Windows 1.01 to 9front, by recompiling their machine code to WebAssembly live.
#emulation#webassembly#operating-systems
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Wokwi simulates an ESP32 or Arduino in the browser by running the actual compiled firmware against a software model of the chip, not a rough approximation of it.
#electronics#embedded#simulation
· 6 min read
The Nand Game hands you one NAND gate and has you wire your way up through logic, adders and memory to a real processor that runs machine code, in the browser.
#hardware#logic#games
· 5 min read
Infinite Mac runs classic Macintosh and NeXT systems in the browser, from System 1.0 to Mac OS X, using seven emulator cores compiled to WebAssembly with Emscripten.
#emulation#webassembly#retro
· 6 min read
Ziggy is a home assistant architected like a nervous system, with a triage agent for a prefrontal lobe and a memory graph that prunes itself. I read the whole writeup twice.
#ai#home-automation#architecture
· 4 min read
Falstad's Circuit Simulator animates real electronics in the browser, yellow dots for current, live scope traces, re-solving the whole circuit every few microseconds.
#electronics#simulation#explainers
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In 1997 the world's fastest computer drew 850 kilowatts and filled a room to reach one teraflop. Your phone's graphics chip does nearly five, on a battery.
#hardware#gpu#webgpu
· 6 min read
WebVM runs a real Debian userland client-side through CheerpX, an x86-to-WebAssembly JIT. You can compile C with gcc, and nothing on a server ran your code.
#webassembly#linux#emulation
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Five nodes, two old laptops, a 3D-printed case, eighty-nine apps, zero open ports. This homelab writeup runs tighter ops than most companies I have worked near.
#homelab#kubernetes#self-hosting
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