Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

I did WO/EO for several years until 2001 including the USPS Postmaster app, and it was incredibly productive. This was before JS took over everything, but I can't ever recall being able to do so many client/server web apps with so little effort. Sure the tooling was sometimes lame (ProjectBuilder was a precursor to Xcode) but Objective-C at the time was amazing compared to all other web programming languages. I think WO was far easier to develop in than today's complex web stack, but clearly serving the simpler need of that time. It wouldn't be useful today.


Consider applying for YC's Winter 2026 batch! Applications are open till Nov 10

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: