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Micro runtime for educational coding

Develop minimalist interpreters for teaching programming concepts without overwhelming beginners. Focus on core language features stripped to essentials.

Why now

Educators seek lightweight tools to demonstrate language internals—renewed interest in byte-sized implementations after similar projects like picoLisp.

Who for
Coding educators
Business model
Educational licenses
Effort
A few weeks

New programmers often struggle with full-featured environments when learning core concepts like parsing or bytecode execution.

Package tiny interpreters (like the 1KB Python example) with visual debuggers and step-through explanations.

Sell to coding bootcamps or include in premium educational content.

MVP could be a web-based REPL with three opcodes visualized.

Risk: Niche appeal limits scalability beyond academic settings.

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