Think Turing Complete, but you write the circuits in TypeScript (WIP)
Details
- External ID
- 49537143
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- Think Turing Complete, but you write the circuits in TypeScript (WIP)
- Website domain
- simten.dev
- Launched
- Sept. 2, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 22
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.7488038277511961
- Tags
- —
- Fetched at
- Sept. 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.
Enrichment
- Theme
- scientific computing and deep tech tools
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Dev tools
- Audience
- Developer
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Hobby / open-source project
- Normalized one-liner
- write circuits in typescript
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Partial The browser canvas UI is vibe-codeable, but creating a fast, correct digital logic simulator and TypeScript-to-netlist compiler/evaluator requires deep computer architecture knowledge.
What it would actually take: The stack needs a frontend canvas graph editor (React Flow or WebGL) coupled with a cycle-accurate digital logic simulation engine and an AST-based parser that executes or compiles TypeScript circuits into gate netlists. The hard challenges include high-performance event-driven logic simulation, cycle detection, clock domain synchronization, and accurate propagation delays in real time. It requires strong expertise in computer architecture, compiler design, and hardware simulation algorithms.
Discussion
9 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Turing Complete game
Concerns raised: Mobile devices blocked without clear upfront messaging, Confusing product title/naming, Writing style feels AI-optimized rather than reader-friendly
Feature requests: Clear mobile device support indication, Better explanation of Turing Complete reference
Competitors
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Attention rank: #24 of 84 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 298 days after the earliest competitor.
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