> One of my favorite genres of weird project is "thing running in the browser that should absolutely not be running in the browser". Some of my favorites are the [...] the direct recompilation of Minecraft 1.12
Heh, you'd think Minecraft would be exactly the sort of thing that absolutely should be running in the browser, considering it was originally a Java applet.
I understand the point, I just find it amusing.
Early minecraft versions did run in the browser before it was made a standalone app, and they recreated it recently https://classic.minecraft.net
> recently
6 years ago? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19861584
Even more interesting is this idea of running WebAssembly on the server, in containers, with orchestration services among them, and communicating across sandboxed environments.
Somehow it reminds me of something, but memory is getting fuzzier nowadays. /s
You’re obviously talking about the 1972 VM/370 right?
Naturally.
WebSphere!