| ▲ | azangru 5 days ago | |
> 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. | ||
| ▲ | giancarlostoro 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
> - 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. | ||
| ▲ | turtlebits 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
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. | ||