Hi there! I'm so glad to meet someone my age working on a similar path.
Your project sounds really fascinating as well. To be honest, I wasn't familiar with the concept of "porting" until I looked it up through Gemini just now—it's such an interesting approach! You mentioned that you couldn't quite get it to work despite countless efforts, but I believe that only proves how incredibly difficult and ambitious your attempt was.
During this project, I also faced constant failures and had to compromise on many things because of the sheer complexity. My engine doesn't support JS yet, and only handles a handful of CSS properties—and even those aren't perfect. But as people like us always do, we learn and grow through these failures. I truly hope you’ve gained a lot of growth and insight through your project as well.
About LLMs: I used Claude. The key was using it as a mentor, not a code generator:
-Asked WHY things work, not just HOW
-Got help understanding concepts
-Debugging assistance when stuck
But I designed the architecture and solved problems myself.
Thanks again for the star and your kind words! Let’s keep in touch and keep building.
Your project sounds really fascinating as well. To be honest, I wasn't familiar with the concept of "porting" until I looked it up through Gemini just now—it's such an interesting approach! You mentioned that you couldn't quite get it to work despite countless efforts, but I believe that only proves how incredibly difficult and ambitious your attempt was.
During this project, I also faced constant failures and had to compromise on many things because of the sheer complexity. My engine doesn't support JS yet, and only handles a handful of CSS properties—and even those aren't perfect. But as people like us always do, we learn and grow through these failures. I truly hope you’ve gained a lot of growth and insight through your project as well.
About LLMs: I used Claude. The key was using it as a mentor, not a code generator:
-Asked WHY things work, not just HOW
-Got help understanding concepts
-Debugging assistance when stuck
But I designed the architecture and solved problems myself.
Thanks again for the star and your kind words! Let’s keep in touch and keep building.