0x0D │ 2026.04.30 │ 4 min read │ visual-basic · vb6 · dotnet · csharp · software-history · opinion · programming · audience-question

Two open questions for anyone who shipped real work on Visual Basic 6 and is now writing C# against modern .NET. What specifically did VB6 get right that you miss? And what do you find frustrating about the modern toolchain that VB6 didn't make you fight? I shipped about a hundred VB3-through-VB6 line-of-business systems between 1995 and 2010, and I'm trying to get to the root of what was actually good before too much of the institutional memory leaves the room.

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What did you love about VB6, and what frustrates you about modern .NET?

Two open questions for anyone who shipped real work on Visual Basic 6 and now writes C# against modern .NET.

I am not asking either as a rhetorical setup.…