Vb6 had a RAD/wysiwyg application designer. It was trivial to use, and extend. Basic applications were kilobytes. People didn't feel compelled to spend 100$ a month to vibe code a small application that is either stuck in the browser or consumes 2gb of RAM and has 10,000 supply chain vulnerabilities and an open port.

What don't I like about modern .NET. well I just don't like .NET. it's massive, the tools are confusing, etc. F# is the only language I actually enjoy there and it's just not great performance wise. I can write C# fine, but I don't like it.

Give me a rust RAD that runs cross platform. Make sure it has an easy way to draw to canvases or good chart/drawing libraries. I'd pay real money for that. I hate fiddling with front end but I hate not having a decent one more when visuals matter. Fine it could be Go or modern c++, I don't care that much but please no .NET