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InsideOutSantatoday at 9:10 PM1 replyview on HN

A lot of these modern HyperCard reinterpretations get stuck on the black-and-white aesthetics of the original. That's cool, but it limits how broadly appealing they become. Even back when HyperCard was relevant, Apple's inability to properly introduce color as a first-class feature was what effectively killed the product.

A few years ago, I think there would have been a market for a HyperCard-inspired tool that targeted modern technologies - probably web tech.

Today, I guess vibecoding is what HyperCard was in the 80s and 90s, the tool you can use to quickly and easily build a little program that fills your specific need.


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andrelaszlotoday at 10:39 PM

Myst was famously built in Hypercard, but they must have worked around the limitations somehow?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst