Ask HN: You have unlimited resources, what software would you build?

1 points by smalltorch ↗ HN

7 comments

[ 2.1 ms ] story [ 18.4 ms ] thread
Honestly, the same software I build now. My choice of projects has never been overly constrained by resource availability.
The Memex as described

A capabilities based Operating System that could run Win32 applications natively, replacing the system dialog boxes with power boxes.

An open data diode based on a pair of Raspberry Pi (without wireless of any kind, obviously) and a high-speed optocoupler.

A Streaming variant of SQL, so you could get a live view of any query that publishes updates

A variant of Lazarus, with much better documentation, and a new, magical equals in addition to all the existing code, like that from Metamine. You do the assignment, and it keeps the equality updated as the value on the left changes, like auto-recalc in a spreadsheet.

Free, usable, non-toxic, decentralized social media.
An AI that hacks and rules the world! Oh, wait ...
NoBlogs

But I guess unlimited resources wasn't really the problem, was it?

i’ll use the unlimited resources to not build software and do something else.

you gave me unlimited resources.

what are you gonna do about it?