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0 pointsazangru10mo ago0 comments

> For the last 25 years, Microsoft was known for:

- Creating a language (typescript) that took the front-end web community by storm.

- Becoming one of the real adopters of "progressive web apps". Apple is actively hostile to them, because they would eat into the 30% cut they are making from the apps distributed via the app store; Google, once a champion, has grown kinda tepid, because it also gets a cut from apps distributed via Google Play; but Microsoft now behave as if they are a believer.

- Shipping a tremendously popular text editor, Visual Studio Code.

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giancarlostoro10mo ago

> - Shipping a tremendously popular text editor, Visual Studio Code.

Which feels sluggish compared to how it used to be. They keep tacking on too much cruft to it. I used to call it a lightweight IDE, but now its just a bloated editor.

turtlebits10mo ago

Sorry, but even with typescript, the frontend web community a shit-storm.

Anything Microsoft + web is a nightmare. Their login system is a redirect and re-auth hell and I loath anytime I need to log into anything Microsoft related.

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