A 2025 joke about building your own OS, compiler, and VM suddenly lands in 2026
max_paperclips · x · 2026-07-23
A repost of a joke quote says that what sounded absurd on 13 Mar 2025 was met with “holy shit, it is possible now” by 22 Jul 2026.
The quoted list is the punchline: instead of being bored, you can always build:
- your own operating system
- your own game engine
- your own database
- your own compiler
- your own virtual machine
- your own web server
It’s a meme about how AI tooling is making previously “impractical” builder fantasies feel suddenly feasible.
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