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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by mrweasel on Sunday December 12, 2021 @09:40AM (#29529986)
Embercado still maintain Delphi, so it still an option, but I believe their IDE is pretty expensive.
Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by e12e on Sunday December 12, 2021 @10:27AM (#29530327)
> Embercado still maintain Delphi, so it still an option

They appear to have a hobby edition:

https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/product-editions

> Delphi® - Community Edition

> Our free Delphi Community Edition is designed for freelance developers, startups and nonprofits with revenues under $5000 USD and it allows them to easily design, code, debug, and deploy applications for iOS, Android, Windows and macOS from a single codebase with professional and integrated tools.

That said, I would probably recommend Lazarus:

https://www.lazarus-ide.org/