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Microsoft to Lay Off About 9,000 Employees (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they think they can replace with AI vibe coding etc

The way Microsoft products feel they really can.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I've read that windows 11 uses react (a JavaScript view framework) for parts of the UI, and that seems insane to me. JavaScript isn't a great language. It's popular because it runs in the browser. The windows desktop is not a browser.

[–] fluckx@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Win11 start menu is a react native component.

Users report that clicking the Start button can spike CPU usage by 30% to 70% on at least one core, depending on the hardware configuration. The issue doesn't occur consistently across all systems, with some users noting it happens in about 50% of clicks.

Quotes from: https://winaero.com/windows-11-start-menu-revealed-as-resource-heavy-react-native-app-sparks-performance-concerns/

[–] ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz 2 points 18 hours ago

I hate the auto-hide feature of the start menu. It doesn't work right. I started using Bazzite/KDE, and it's done correctly there.

[–] GeekyOnion@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Well, given the goal is to turn Windows into a cloud-hosted, on-demand subscription service, it makes perfect sense.

[–] invertedspear@lemmy.zip 3 points 22 hours ago

It’s popular because it has an insanely low barrier to entry, so that’s what gets taught in schools and boot camps. Then that’s all Jr devs know entering the work force. Companies don’t invest in mentoring juniors and cultivating talent anymore, so as the seniors get poached, retire, or move into later stages of their career, JS is the only skill left.