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This looks pretty slick. Can you tell us about the technology stack behind it?

• electroly 5y ago
  Thanks! SQL Notebook uses .NET 6 and a custom integration with SQLite. SQLite offers a few extension points, mainly virtual tables and custom functions, and SQL Notebook takes advantage of them to provide its added functionality.
  • DarrenDev 5y ago
    Very impressed with this. Looks like a lot of work went into it. How long did it take you to build? Curious too about the UI -- with .NET 6 are you using Winforms, WPF or something else?
    • electroly 5y ago
      It probably represents 8-10 months of infrequent nights and weekends. I originally wrote a proof of concept in 2016 and finally picked it back up and polished it for release a couple months ago. The .NET ecosystem is in much better shape now than it was in 2016. This is all WinForms; Microsoft has done a good job of bringing support for WinForms into the latest platform. Supporting high-DPI was unpleasant but it is possible in WinForms.
      • DarrenDev 5y ago
        You were unlucky with the Show HN post in that it didn't generate more interest. Don't let that dissuade you -- there's so much luck in what generates interest at a particular time. It really is an exceptionally useful app, one that I would have had great use for at different times over the years.