PureBasic v6.3 came out yesterday.1 A real good occasion to recompile my projects based on it and make them more visible. Especially in times of heavyweight frameworks, these tools show that functional software can be done differently: single binaries with native performance, extremely small, transparent and easy to maintain.
A self-hosted aviation weather planner with DWD ICON-D2 data, which processes raw data on the server side and delivers it as a lean web application. 2 The front end and web server do not require external services or frameworks, including OSM caching, reverse proxy and kiosk mode for permanently operated POI/POS information systems that can be used offline aswell.
A compact CLI tool for QR and barcode recognition that uses USB webcams or RTSP streams and replaces specialised, significantly more expensive scanner hardware.3 Barcodes are reliably recognised even from a distance of several metres. With virtual keyboard, script hooks and targeted code selection for maximum performance. Robust and easy to maintain in industrial operations.
A production-ready REST API server, fully RFC-compliant, multi-threaded, TLS and BasicAuth capable without dependence on external runtimes or frameworks.4 Cross-platform capable as a systemd service under Linux or as a native Windows service (SCM), modularly structured and customisable. I have published the skeleton as a template for all possible use cases.
Further details can be found in the respective repositories and changelogs on Codeberg. Purebasic is my “secret weapon” for lean, high-performance and system-oriented tools.
Have fun!
Tomas Jakobs