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Ex-Microsoft engineer rebuilds Notepad in 2.5KB using nothing but stuff Windows already had (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 6 points 10 hours ago

It does some of the tricks that .kkreiger uses, including compressing the binary.

And at least according to a few reports, it uses 500MB of ram:

https://github.com/PlummersSoftwareLLC/TinyRetroPad/issues/21