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WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by xyru » Fri, May 15, 2026, 7:23 PM UTC

WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64
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Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by realjame » Fri, May 15, 2026, 8:02 PM UTC

Way cool project, but why are folks so allergic to putting screenshots of their work in the readme? There's a graph of how the internals work instead of a screenshot of the desktop running.

Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 15, 2026, 8:04 PM UTC

realjame wrote: post #2

Way cool project, but why are folks so allergic to putting screenshots of their work in the readme? There's a graph of how the internals work instead of a screenshot of the desktop running.

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Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by alpenbazi » Fri, May 15, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC

realjame wrote: post #2

Way cool project, but why are folks so allergic to putting screenshots of their work in the readme? There's a graph of how the internals work instead of a screenshot of the desktop running.

+1

I support this. Make Screenshots of your work and put it in the README.md

Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by vardump » Fri, May 15, 2026, 8:07 PM UTC

WinCE was so weird. Didn't it have pretty insane limits, like maximum 32 processes?

Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by ieie3366 » Fri, May 15, 2026, 8:11 PM UTC

This is written entirely by claude right? I can tell just by the comments in the source code.

Weird how HN upvotes projects like these but seemed to hate the Bun Rust swap done with Claude.

Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by acmiyaguchi » Fri, May 15, 2026, 8:14 PM UTC

realjame wrote: post #2

Way cool project, but why are folks so allergic to putting screenshots of their work in the readme? There's a graph of how the internals work instead of a screenshot of the desktop running.

The youtube video covering it has an interesting run through of the desktop environment in the final section https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGS9su_inBY&t=2418s. But I agree a screenshot or two wouldn't hurt.

Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by oliver66677 » Fri, May 15, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC

We had WiiMac a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691730 Are we seeing a resurgence of interest in porting stuff to old consoles? AI is helping with these hobbies I guess.

Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by xattt » Fri, May 15, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC

acmiyaguchi wrote: post #7

realjame wrote: post #2

Way cool project, but why are folks so allergic to putting screenshots of their work in the readme? There's a graph of how the internals work instead of a screenshot of the desktop running.

The youtube video covering it has an interesting run through of the desktop environment in the final section https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGS9su_inBY&t=2418s . But I agree a screenshot or two wouldn't hurt.

Tinfoil Hat Take: Avoiding screenshots on the project page drives eyeballs to YouTube, which the provides ad revenue, which then feeds back into the project.

Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by rspeele » Fri, May 15, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC

ieie3366 wrote: post #6

This is written entirely by claude right? I can tell just by the comments in the source code. Weird how HN upvotes projects like these but seemed to hate the Bun Rust swap done with Claude.

New ground-up projects get a softer reaction than 100% rewrites to tools that people are already depending on.