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Show HN: BananaOS, vibecoded operating system that boots on a 486 with ~11MB RAM

Posted by madamdo on Friday February 27, 2026 @12:43PM
from the show-hn dept.

My 10-year-old son has been deep in low-level rabbit holes lately and ended up vibe-coding his own operating system. Since he’s still a kid and not on HN himself, I’m posting this on his behalf with his permission.This started as curiosity about how computers actually boot, and somehow escalated into writing a kernel, building a GUI, and setting up CI that produces a bootable OS image on every...

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best podcasts for developers? on Sunday December 11, 2022 @01:01PM (#33945582)
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The episodes focus on the experience of my guests with software engineering practices such as testing, or code review, their journey to advance their career and often also on how developers build their successful business.

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