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New comment by azayrahmad in "Gonon: Building a Clock with No Numerals"

azayrahmad — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:01:02 +0000

I was about to say that if it's still using a 12-hour system, it should use duodecimal numeric system instead of decimal. But then the polygons became much harder to differentiate the larger the number is so I'm not sure. Perhaps make the polygons spiky?

New comment by azayrahmad in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

azayrahmad — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 03:26:22 +0000

https://azayrahmad.github.io/win98-web/ Another Web-OS remake of Windows 98 made with vanilla JavaScript. There are already a lot of Windows web remakes, especially in this age of AI. So for this passion project I intend to make it as accurate as it could ever be without having to emulate actual Windows 98.

Currently it has:

- Accurate recreation of Windows shell with start menu, taskbar, windowing system.

- Full desktop themes customization (color, cursor, sound, wallpaper, screensaver). All Win 98 default Plus! themes are included.

- Persistent local file system & mounting local folder as removable disk with ZenFS.

- Support playing Flash games and run DOS games (save game persisted). Yes, you can play Doom and copy your savegames to continue.

- Some accurate remakes of Windows 98 apps, some made by me (Solitaire games, Minesweeper, Notepad) some are existing ports (Pinball, JSPaint, Webamp, etc).

- Some other fun stuff

If you're interested in Windows 98, this is for you. You're also welcome to contribute or fork it to create your own version: https://github.com/azayrahmad/win98-web

New comment by azayrahmad in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)"

azayrahmad — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 02:02:03 +0000

https://azayrahmad.github.io/azos-second-edition/

I'm recreating Windows 98 desktop GUI faithfully in pure HTML, CSS, and JS, complete with desktop theming, file management, and some programs recreated from scratch or embedded from existing ports.

It started when I was feeling nostalgic and tried to redesign my website with retro style. Then I found 98.css and OS-GUI and got carried away and now it's a full fledged web OS.

There are some accurate recreation attempts like Minesweeper, Media Player and some screensavers, some with my own spin like ChatGPT-enhanced Clippy and Notepad with syntax-highlighting. I also include some well-known projects such as JSPaint, JS-DOS, and many Emscripten ports.

I'm aware that many retro Windows web recreation exist (98.js.org and poolsuite.net are my favorite), but none of them accurately captured the joy of desktop customization that I look for so I made my own version.

Feel free to fork the project here: https://github.com/azayrahmad/azos-second-edition

New comment by azayrahmad in "The Fall of Stack Overflow"

azayrahmad — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 01:41:21 +0000

Hopefully so. As I mentioned in my other comment somewhere here, my optimistic prediction would be that StackOverflow will eventually still keep operating, but only by questions that can't be solved by AI, so hopefully leading into a more high quality discussions.

New comment by azayrahmad in "The Fall of Stack Overflow"

azayrahmad — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 01:32:18 +0000

Not sure about the statistics, but an anecdote for me: I had a specific programming issue at work I need to solve, and I tried googling for answers in Stack Overflow. There are some answers but ultimately none of what I found can actually solve my issue. Then I ask ChatGPT to suggest a solution, and in about 5 seconds it gave me an answer. Not perfect, but with little editing it is solved.

Now I'm sure that ChatGPT probably scraped StackOverflow, perhaps using the very same answers I got from StackOverflow, but combined with other answers from other sources resulting in the instant answer. That does not necessary mean AI will replace StackOverflow, it just means that people wouldn't ask redundant questions in StackOverflow anymore, just questions that AI can't solve.