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An x86 Emulator Implemented in CSS (no JavaScript)
(lyra.horse)
I will never install a chromium based browser
This is up there with running Doom using TypeScript types
I'm calling the CSS cops. This should not be possible.
what the fuck
First, that's neat! Second, that's terrifying!
Do you think God stays in heaven because he, too, lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?
As soon as I saw the title I went, "Oh, this is Lyra, isn't it?" Look forward to the full writeup!
An LLM could never make something anywhere near this magnificent
Are we sure? I bore witness to our vibecoding dev stuffing plaintext JavaScript into our fucking Flutter app today. I'm utterly confuddled.
this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2026
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