56,000 lines of DOOM, in a language I made up

A developer built a made-up coding language called bet, gave it slangy group-chat words, and then pushed it way past joke status by using it to run the original DOOM game. That alone would be nerd catnip, but the real fireworks started when readers noticed the giant twist: the creator says an AI coding agent did the implementation while they acted more like the planner, tester, and final judge. Suddenly, what could have been a victory lap became a full-on comment-section showdown over what counts as "building" something in the age of AI.

The strongest reaction was basically: cool project, but be honest about the AI upfront. One commenter argued that making a real programming language is usually a deeply personal, expert-driven thing, and that using AI changes the story completely. Another was less bothered by the bot and more annoyed that the writeup itself felt AI-polished, grumbling that the actually interesting part — the game-friendly memory trick that helps avoid slowdowns — was buried near the end. Meanwhile, one stunned builder asked how on earth this person finished a whole language in 34 hours while they’re still hand-holding their own AI-generated compiler code.

And because the internet cannot resist chaos, the thread also swerved into jokes and meme territory. One user posted a cursed baby-talk fake programming language snippet like a confession at open mic night, while another shrugged off the slang angle entirely with a very online, "is this even a big deal?" vibe. In other words: one part applause, one part side-eye, one part comedy bit — and that mix is exactly why people can’t stop talking about it.