It was pretty magical! I still had it installed on an old pre2 so I could compare it in the browser & the pre2. I did end up making some additions to it after getting it up and running. It took some troubleshooting, but I got it working so it can use the accelerometers and haptics on modern devices.
Posts by Nate Craddock
I built a Star Trek app for the Palm Pre in 2009. Palm died. The app died with it. Tonight I handed the source to an AI ( claude code ) and it brought the whole thing back. Converting everything from Mojo to React ... Every sound, every animation, every easter egg.
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I'm working on a bit of a crazy experiment. I'll reveal that it starts with @anthropic.com Claude code + MAME + ti-99 4/a roms + MCP + some other mysteries to be revealed later.
My toddler said: "I want the pink cup but ALSO it has to have the princess but ALSO not the purple princess, the YELLOW princess."
She's writing SQL queries.
She's two.
I wrote 2,000 words. I'm not okay. (satire with a real point. not posting to LinkedIn.)
"Let's just add AI." The phrase has become reflexive across the industry.
Wrote about what actually works: architecture-first AI, full-stack context, and why juniors are leveling up faster than any traditional timeline.
AI still needs an architect. But it might be the fastest way to grow new ones.
Some days I do this and some days I do that.
Yep!
100% agree. I love all those Ray Harryhausen effects.