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Ah, the #nostalgia of VB6! 🕰️ When #coding was as simple as your 1998 haircut. Now, modern .NET? It's like trading your trusty bicycle for a spaceship you can't pilot 🚀—sure, it does more, but good luck figuring it out!
https://evilgeniuslabs.ca/blog/vb6-modern-dotnet-question #VB6 #.NET #Transition #Memories #Technology #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

https://www.windows98.website
visual basic 6, faithfully recreated for the web
#vb #win98 #nostalgia #visualbasic #vb6 #windows #windows98 #vb6 #netart #demo #nerdlife

#MuesliDev

Here is another old program of mine:
'Sound Buttons'

You could click on one of the 120 buttons to play the file linked to it.

As a gag, I have simply integrated the XP 'WindowsMediaPlayer'.
All video and audio formats common at the time were compatible.

It was also possible to create several files to assign to the buttons.

It was one of the few programs for which I have created a help file.

#programming #softwaredevelopment #VB6 #VisualBasic #WindowsMediaPlayer

On the left, #VSCode; this app is using ~470 MB of RAM. There's a lot going on in the background here, a web browser engine, a JavaScript engine and server backend. On the right is Visual Basic 6 (#VB6), with a very large project open, taking up 42 MB RAM. Now this isn't even to complain about bloat because VScode performs really well and is very extensible. It's the only editor I've enjoyed using since #TextMate on MacOS;