Show HN: A C++ Compiler That Is Faster Than GCC and Clang
1 comments
- Points7
- Comments2
–Rank now
#5Peak rank
2Days on list
437Score · 7d
Nov 5, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days
On Hacker News
I've been working on a scaffold to teach an agent how to build a self-hosting C++ Compiler from scratch for the past 6 months. One of my recent agent-runs recently achieved self-hosting for less than $500 in API tokens, but the most interesting part is that the reference implementation (which takes the best ideas from every run) can now compile C++ code 4x faster than GCC and Clang.
- Points
- 7
- Comments
- 2
- Submitted by
- vishvananda
- Posted
- Nov 5, 2026
- Site
- github.com
Story details from Hacker News ↗ · linked article on github.com.
Trending history
Show HN: A C++ Compiler That Is Faster Than GCC and Clang was first seen on Hacker News · Show HN on Nov 5, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 48 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #5 of 30, reached on Nov 6, 01:50 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 6, 17:20 UTC.
Rank history
Position on Hacker News · Show HN at every check (lower is better).
Last 14 days
Best rank per day (UTC).
6
5
Oct 26today
Metric history
Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.
From the discussion
A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.
Whereas this is very impressive, I feel “faster than” should be called out as “faster to compile than”. It’s generated code seems “on a par with”.
Featured in
Archived daily, weekly and monthly lists that include this entry.
Show HN 2 days, best #5
Questions
Is Show HN: A C++ Compiler That Is Faster Than GCC and Clang trending on Show HN right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 6, 17:20 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Show HN: A C++ Compiler That Is Faster Than GCC and Clang reached?
#5 on Hacker News · Show HN, on Nov 6, 01:50 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
How long has Show HN: A C++ Compiler That Is Faster Than GCC and Clang been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 5, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (48 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
7 points and 2 comments; submitted by vishvananda on Nov 5, 2026.