I'm the author. This wasn't something anyone was supposed to 'find', it's not even really a 'project', just a quick hack to demonstrate a point; I don't even think it's valid to say the project name is "taylor", it's just the name of the repository - I probably should have just called it "swift-on-baremetal" or something equally boring. I have a history of my stupid little 'projects' showing up on HN.
I dont use Swyft, so definitely have no interest in running it bare metal... but the name is brilliant. It made me click on the link. Just had to tell you that!
The code in the repository builds a multiboot-compatible x86 "kernel" that can be booted with GRUB or iPXE or any number of other bootloaders supporting the format.
Maybe we need a rule about submitting other people's projects? Even though I don't mind if people check out/use my public GitHub repos I would not want them submitted on HN by someone else.
If there's a reason to think there's something wildly controversial there, perhaps, but if you've put it in a public repo I really don't think that should be a requirement. Especially given that there are several places where you can repos private for free if you don't want people to give it more attention than you planned.
I should clarify that I'm not insulting the linked projects; I'm pointing out the limited discussion and large number of submissions the submitter gives.
