Hacker News: moochamerthhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=moochamerthHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:27 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by moochamerth in "Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold"]]>A couple of years ago I played a bit with Go and Win32.

I got to the point that I could create windows and controls, and had a basic message loop working.

I then started dabbling in painting in non-client areas. It was buggy and didn't work well (my fault), but then I could see 2-3 different Windows UI styles competing to draw the window chrome.

The amount of crumbs hidden under the Windows carpet is incredible.

]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:45:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663354moochamerthhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663354https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663354<![CDATA[New comment by moochamerth in "Notre Dame Re-Imagined with Glass Roof"]]>When the project was presented in 1984 it was universally hated by the French press. All lot of commentators said it would ruin and deface a national pride.

People have learned to love it - I personally think it's a fantastic addition to a unique site.

]]>Sat, 04 May 2019 19:58:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828915moochamerthhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828915https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828915<![CDATA[New comment by moochamerth in "Learning BASIC Like It's 1983"]]>If you are looking for 80's listings, please check out http://www.hebdogiciel.free.fr/

The site contains all the listings from the Hebdogiciel magazine, re-typed and ready for download. The magazine was a must for all French-speaking computer kids back then.

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