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New comment by hoansdz in "Android Is Compose-First"

hoansdz — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:50:38 +0000

It's inevitable, in my opinion; the current trend is to use tools with modern, cross-platform syntax for easier development. Java and XML are becoming outdated and frustrating, at least for me.

New comment by hoansdz in "I've built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of"

hoansdz — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:44:57 +0000

You can only view the operating system, you can't view those websites again, haha.

New comment by hoansdz in "AI is too expensive"

hoansdz — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:25:40 +0000

The cost of tokens used by AI in many fields is even greater than the cost of human services; people are experiencing FOMO, but once the wave passes, the market will stabilize.

New comment by hoansdz in "Show HN: Resilient, A composable async resilience toolkit for rust"

hoansdz — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:43:41 +0000

When a timeout expires, how do you ensure the underlying future is safely dropped without leaking resources or causing a crash

Show HN: Autolang-A C++ VM with 2ms startup time and arena-restart memory model

hoansdz — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 13:11:47 +0000

Hi HN, I’m a student and I’ve spent the last few months building Autolang—an embedded language and VM from scratch in C++.

I built it because I needed a specialized runtime for high-frequency, short-lived tasks (like AI agent loops) where Python/Lua startup latency and GC overhead become actual bottlenecks.

Core Architecture:

Arena-restart: No Tracing GC. It prioritizes allocation speed (~2x faster than Lua). Memory is wiped instantly between tasks via a restart() mechanism.

Fast Compilation: 100k classes compile in ~888ms (Single-pass).

Lightweight: The VM is designed for a ~2ms startup target.

The Trade-off: Execution is currently 2x-5x slower than Lua as I'm still optimizing the bytecode dispatch (if-chains).

I’d love to hear your thoughts on using Arena-restart for autonomous scripts and any advice on optimizing dispatch without bloating the startup time.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47206397

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