Definitely thought this was a 16b parameter llm, not a 16 byte demo.
msikora•May 24, 2026
Same! This is way cooler tho!
3form•May 24, 2026
Some other time, I really thought that a 32 byte demo I saw is the limit of how small the binary can get and still look good.
That other demo didn't even have sound.
This is hell of a good work. A masterpiece to retire after. (or more realistically, chase it on other architectures)
sneak•May 24, 2026
This is absolutely obscene. I am floored. Sweet hack.
hei-lima•May 24, 2026
I'm really impressed. Those are the things that made me love programming and computing. It's all so beautiful, it's TRULY art. It's a shame that in the industry we don't usually have the opportunities to make something like that, with AIs and all that...
jonhohle•May 24, 2026
If this was made in Electron it would probably be a 300MB download and around 1GB of RAM.
electroglyph•May 24, 2026
i'll upvote this each time it's submitted
tedggh•May 24, 2026
This sent me on a one hour long rabbit hole that ended with two guys building a Sierpinski triangle with recursive PowerPoint presentations
Author of "wake up" here. Yes, that one reactivated me again. We thought (as size coding community) that we found every cellular automaton trick years ago, but then Plex came around and showed us otherwise ♥
__del__•May 24, 2026
i can barely accept this is possible
immanuwell•May 24, 2026
love the sign "This text is handwritten" at the bottom, that's awesome
coffeeking001•May 24, 2026
But big model is really better
sph•May 24, 2026
I did NOT expect this 16 bytes demo to also have sound! What an outstanding piece of art.
mg•May 24, 2026
Makes me wonder how many bytes the shortest possible Mandelbrot implementation would need.
HellMood•May 24, 2026
Author of "wakeup" here. You would would need between 32 and 64 bytes. I have something that almost looks like one in 32 but it's not published yet ;)
HellMood•May 24, 2026
At the same event I released "Broccolori", a 32 Byte fractal for old-school PCs.
There are only 2^128 of such demos. How much of those are valid DOS programs? If we narrow it down to ones that generate both video and sound, I guess there are much less, which should motivate more people to try and find one :)
nojvek•May 24, 2026
2^128 is still a huuuuuge space.
torben-friis•May 24, 2026
I swear watching this kind of projects occasionally is the only thing keeping me from dropping tech and going to work as a mailman or something.
Dwedit•May 24, 2026
Did not work on PCEM for some reason.
nzhumasseiit•May 24, 2026
that's crazy. level to which i'm striving haha
selfsimilar•May 24, 2026
16 bytes equals immediate “black magic” and “it’s a witch”. I get it in the abstract - generative art and CAs and fractals have infinite depth. But this is madness. I love it so much
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That other demo didn't even have sound.
This is hell of a good work. A masterpiece to retire after. (or more realistically, chase it on other architectures)
https://youtu.be/b-Fa6HtvGtQ?si=LpQszgA9_K-m3V3-
https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=106205
Related to the Dragon Fractal, with a twist:)