Show HN: CoreTrace, a visual 16-bit CPU simulator

5 pointsposted 9 hours ago
by mr-anjaneyam

2 Comments

vunderba

8 hours ago

Nice job. I came across an 8-bit equivalent about a year ago [1]. Switch it from Blocks to Schematic to see a similarly graphically animated component view.

Feedback

• The problem with using Claude Code (or Codex) is that they don’t have a very good understanding of basic web accessibility standards. I can barely read some of the subtext under the program counter and instruction register, they completely blend into the background completely especially in dark mode.

• I’d honestly also get rid of the cyberpunk bloom, or at least provide a way to reduce it. It’s unnecessarily distracting from the learning process.

[1] - https://sap-3.com

ColdStream

9 hours ago

I haven't had much time to dive in really deep but it does seem to cover all the core bases. Very cool indeed. Does make it somewhat intuitive which is a great first step.

One note to people, don't try to resize the browser once it has started as it will scale in weird ways.