Make it a web app and your cheap entry level grads can do it.
It was no biggie, just joining the low level of C with the class notions from Java. Pair that with the C++FAQ website, and it was easy.
Are entry-level devs generally not able to do that nowadays? I do not believe people are generally more stupid or less capable, so, is education so much worse or what's going on?
If a PM needs NotepadAI for their career progression then start it from scratch.
I'm pretty sure Microsoft can pay them enough to be happy to learn it.
> You want to learn something that leads to a long-term career development path, not a sunsetting technology.
This seems like such an odd take when web frameworks seem to be obsolete almost as soon as you start using them. C++ has and will continue to be around for a very long time.
This is just the result of bad leadership at Microsoft.
That's why they got the job, didn't they ? /s
These days it would have to be written in some other language that has those Windows Runtime bindings available for it. So could be C++ but if I were to guess I'd say it's written in Typescript and compiled to a native or .Net binary.
As far as I remember, Notepad was the reference implementation for a Microsoft widget. Nothing more. If "modern entry-mid level devs can't do that" you really have a much bigger problem.
