veggiepirate
Re:Show HN: WebBase-III – dBASE III rebuilt in the browser with its ow...
on Friday June 26, 2026 @07:28PM (#48693358)
Wow, thank you so much for this!
After learning BASIC in elementary school, the first "productive" language I learned was dBASE from my 6th grade teacher. Since he had a Clipper license too, I was thrilled to have access to something that could build a distributable, standalone exe.
I wrote several cursed things with this combo, including a simple Rogue clone that had the most powerful inventory management mechanics imaginable at the time...
Re:Is Show HN Dead? No, but It's Drowning
on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @01:17PM (#47050906)
"This repository contains only [Organic] and [Hand-Made] ingredients."
It seems silly, but I know I'm more likely to review an implementation if can learn more about the author's state of mind by their style.