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Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls Jr.: The Live Web. Drag 'n drop in the cloud

Smalltalk pioneer Dan Ingalls presents the Lively Kernel at JSConf US 2012, a live, direct-manipulation programming environment running in the browser. He shows drag-and-drop building of live objects on the web.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Commenters link it as a demo of what a live, inspectable, Smalltalk-style environment in the browser can be, in threads about Alan Kay, Smalltalk and web limitations.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
JSConf
Topic
live programming environments
Format
demo
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
6
Recommendation years in dataset
2016–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • It's difficult at this point to come up with an example, since we don't have it yet (that I know of), but to give you an idea, take a look at Lively Kernel [LINK] If you want a demo, you can take a look here: …

    mmiller on Hacker News · 2016-06
    In Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

  • Dan Ingalls himself presenting his continued work in the browser at JSConf US 2012 (whole conf was packed in, standing-room only): [VIDEO] Surprised that video has so few views!

    apaprocki on Hacker News · 2019-09
    In Smalltalk-72 Instruction Manual (1976) [pdf]

  • I will not invest any time in improving badly designed software. You can't fix a broken wheel. Your HN newsreader app tries to improve the broken wheel. The least you could have done is make the comment edit field WYSIWYG, make it modeless, see what …

    morphle on Hacker News · 2026-02
    In Show HN: A native macOS client for Hacker News, built with SwiftUI

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