#retrocomputing
3 posts
2026 - September
2 posts2025 - May
1 post2026 - September
2 postsThe Limits of LLMs: Good at Reproducing What Exists. Expensive for What Doesn't
Every LLM was trained only on what's public, but 81.5% of GitHub activity happens in private repositories, and the source code of every proprietary software never made it into training. In my retrocomputing projects I felt firsthand where the machine stalls: with no reference and no oracle, it spins in directed brute force.
AI Challenge: Converting NES ROMs to the Master System/SMS
I tried using frontier LLMs to convert NES ROMs into Master System games. I explain the architecture, why translating 6502 to Z80 runs slow, the emulator as a feedback oracle, and where the mappers stall everything.
2025 - May
1 postComputing History and Retro Dev on YouTube
A curated list of YouTube channels on computing history and retro development that every dev should watch.