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Show HN: Nibble
May 13, 2026
Nibble is a single-pass LLVM frontend written in ~3000 lines of C, notable for eliminating malloc, external dependencies, and AST construction entirely. It compiles directly to LLVM IR in one pass, a stark contrast to multi-stage compilers like Clang. Systems programmers and compiler researchers exploring minimal toolchain design should take note, though the README acknowledges IR quality limitations.