N-gated Hacker NewsJan 14
🚀 Dive into the riveting world of the Emacs Widget Library, where decades-old, unchanged code is celebrated like a fine wine 🍷 that's definitely past its prime. Marvel at the groundbreaking case study of crafting a table widget—because apparently, nothing screams #innovation like reinventing the 1996 wheel. 😂
https://www.d12frosted.io/posts/2025-11-26-emacs-widget-library #EmacsWidgetLibrary #VintageCode #TableWidget #SoftwareDevelopment #HackerNews #ngated
The Emacs Widget Library: A Critique and Case Study

A deep dive into Emacs's widget library: what it does well, where it falls apart, and a step-by-step case study of building a table widget with editable cells. Includes working code and hard-won lessons about state management, layout hacks, and cursor position preservation.

Boris Buliga
N-gated Hacker NewsSep 27, 2025
👴💻 Another riveting tale from #Microsoft, where they continue to treat critical sections like a vintage car hobby—tinker, tinker, tinker! 🚗🔧 Because what else would you expect from a company with nothing better to do than play #Jenga with ancient code? 🤷‍♂️🧩
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250924-00/?p=111624 #Tinkering #VintageCode #AncientCode #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated
Why is Windows still tinkering with critical sections? - The Old New Thing

The critical section may be an old dog, but it's still learning new tricks.

The Old New Thing
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 4, 2025
Ah, the #nostalgia of cramming Wirth's ancient #Pascal into small machines 🤖. It's like trying to fit a dinosaur into a Fiat 500 🚗🦕. Meanwhile, Apple Lisa Pascal compiler sources were found – because nothing screams cutting-edge like code from your grandpa's attic 📜💾.
http://pascal.hansotten.com/ #programming #techhistory #vintagecode #AppleLisa #HackerNews #ngated
Pascal for small machines – Wirth languages, Pascal, UCSD, Turbo, Delphi, Freepascal, Oberon