A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE
- ID
- 31814
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 05 Oct 2026, 2:49 AM
- Fetched
- 05 Oct 2026, 2:38 PM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://wieslawsoltes.github.io/VB6/
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 4.0
- Created
- 05 Oct 2026, 2:43 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_coders
What happened
A browser-native recreation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE was posted to Hacker News and drew 162 points and 58 comments. The submission itself carries no readable article text — only the project URL (wieslawsoltes.github.io/VB6/) and the discussion thread — so no implementation details, feature list, or technical claims can be verified from the source. What is confirmed is the interest level: a mid-sized but clearly engaged HN thread.
Why it matters
Nothing here changes a build decision this week — there is no stated tech stack, no pricing, no release notes, and no claims about what the browser IDE can actually compile or run. The only actionable signal is the 162-point/58-comment thread: retro tooling and in-browser IDEs still pull a real developer audience, so if you are evaluating whether a browser-delivered dev tool can find users, this is a data point on demand, not a tool to adopt. Treat the project as a curiosity to click through yourself rather than something to plan around.
Discussion angle
Skim the 58 comments first: is the thread about nostalgia for VB6, about how the browser port was built, or about whether anyone would actually use it? That split tells you whether browser-native IDEs have real demand or just retro novelty value.