by DeeDee Walsh, on Jun 15, 2026 12:15:00 AM
Twenty-eight years ago Microsoft unleashed Visual Basic 6.0 on a world that was blissfully unaware of the concept of "technical debt." We dug up the original press release and added …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Jun 2, 2026 9:07:34 PM
Microsoft Build is always a signal event. It's where Satya Nadella and team show you where the platform is going and by implication, what gets left behind. This year's keynote …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Jun 2, 2026 1:59:59 AM
Microsoft Build 2026 opens this morning in San Francisco. Here's what the agent-first platform shift means if your core business logic still lives in Visual Basic 6. Satya Nadella takes …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on May 19, 2026 3:59:36 PM
The debate has raged for decades: who's the father of Visual Basic? My answer: Who cares? The village raised this kid. This week marks the 35th anniversary of Visual Basic …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Apr 4, 2026 4:28:07 PM
What We've Learned Migrating Billions of Lines of Visual Basic By GAPVelocity AI: the team behind the Visual Basic Upgrade Companion (VBUC), the Microsoft VB6 Upgrade Wizard, VB6 AI Migrator, …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Apr 4, 2026 4:09:48 PM
18 Years of Regret (and How to Finally Escape) It’s been exactly 18 years since Visual Basic 6 officially aged out of extended support. That means the End of Life …
Read Storyby Cheyenne Sokkappa, on Feb 21, 2026 11:59:59 PM
Your modernization toolkit just got sharper. Here's what's new across both products — and why it matters for your next migration project. We've been busy. This quarter brings meaningful updates …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Nov 10, 2025 5:57:44 AM
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It’s that time again! New .NET release, new features, new performance tuning, new shiny things to get excited about. And if you’ve been sitting on a legacy application thinking “One …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Nov 9, 2025 2:40:11 PM
If you’re still running a Visual Basic 6.0 application… first of all, God bless you. VB6 had a great run, but it turned 27 and officially crossed over into vintage …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Apr 6, 2025 11:37:32 AM
Back in the dark ages of 1991, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and dial-up was king, I was living the dream as a product manager for Visual Basic. Seriously, GREATEST …
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