{
  "id": 14475759,
  "title": "Doom can 'run' on a DNS database now, and one of the technology's pioneers says 'I can't decide whether this is deliciously horrible, or else horribly delicious'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/doom-can-run-on-a-dns-database-now-and-one-of-the-technologys",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-14T14:41:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/doom-can-run-on-a-dns-database-now-and-one-of-the-technologys-pioneers-says-i-cant-decide-whether-this-is-deliciously-horrible-or-else-horribly-delicious/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the early 2000s, people debated whether a powerful system could run Crysis. Now, another question has emerged: can a minimal system run Doom? The answer is yes, even on a DNS database. Corey Quinn, a technology pioneer, compiled Doom to run on a DNS database, transforming it into a 6.4 million row database of truth tables. Paul Vixie, one of the main DNS pioneers, remarked that this is either \"deliciously horrible\" or \"horribly delicious.\" The logic behind this unconventional setup lies in the similarity between DNS and code execution. A compiler precomputes answers, allowing for conditional updates and writes. While this setup may not be practical for gaming, it serves as a fun project, with the code available for further exploration on GitHub.",
  "summary": "Apparently the database is acting a bit like a \"librarian\" and not doing the actual compute.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}