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Ask HN: What are forgotten topics in computing that deserve a new revisit?

18 points • by draxen • today at 2:40 AM • 12 comments • view on HN

I mean both things that are enabled by AI coding agents but also things we couldn't do because computers weren't fast enough in the past.

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rramadass • today at 5:38 AM

All types of unconventional/exotic computing. I think this has been criminally neglected ever since the ascendancy of the von neumann architecture digital computer.

1) The Zen of Exotic Computing by Peter Kogge - https://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/1.9781611977295

2) Handbook Of Unconventional Computing in 2-vols (Vol1-Theory, Vol2- Implementations) by Andrew Adamatzky et al. - https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12232#...

FDEUp • today at 5:11 AM

Computer Lib / Dream Machines

Xanadu

vrighter • today at 5:17 AM

what fast and performant really means.

mannyv • today at 4:46 AM

Analog computing

nwhnwh • today at 4:59 AM

Love

iamdamian • today at 4:40 AM

Plan 9 was cool.

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gulugawa • today at 4:09 AM

Coding without LLM AI.

jackb4040 • today at 4:02 AM

Lisp Machines. And if you're a real freak, Forth Machines

soon_to_be_sb • today at 5:15 AM

How about giving a shit about efficiency?

thakoppno • today at 4:18 AM

tech debt

aaron695 • today at 4:47 AM

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