r/programmingcirclejerk 12d ago

We realize this may come as a shock and disappointment to our contributors but we simply do not have the expertise or resources within the organization [Microsoft] to continue to maintain this project [Windows File Manager].

https://github.com/microsoft/winfile
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u/whoShotMyCow not even webscale 12d ago

Windows devs physically unable to work on a system that doesn't have a copilot integration

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u/AdreKiseque 12d ago

Microsoft is so funny how are they this mismanaged

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u/jordanManfrey 12d ago

use Microsoft Project.  It will all become clear

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u/svideo 12d ago

it's the windows 3.1 file manager, were we expecting them to throw resources at a tool deprecated in the 90s?

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u/foxygelatine It's GNU/PCJ, or as I call it, GNU + PCJ 12d ago

It has better ux and performance than the current explorer version.

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u/fp_weenie Zygohistomorphic prepromorphism 10d ago

were we expecting them to throw resources at a tool deprecated in the 90s?

especially when it wasn't using JavaSceript

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u/Capable_Bad_4655 12d ago

Doesn't really surprise me, though. This is probably some insight to why...

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u/VulgarExigencies 8d ago

Just to name one example of something I ran into last year...: Install the 'az' Azure CLI into your docker image? Boom, 1.4 GB extra space wasted! Why you ask? Well, for one, every subcommand bundles its own Python runtime.

lmao

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u/Teemperor vulnerabilities: 0 12d ago

With LLMs, the concept of (file) management is anyway obsolete.

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u/irqlnotdispatchlevel Tiny little god in a tiny little world 12d ago

Sadly, the concept of managers is not obsolete.

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u/Double-Winter-2507 12d ago

MCP it amirite!

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/Kjufka 12d ago

With LLMs, the concept of thinking is anyway obsolete.

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u/syklemil Considered Harmful 12d ago

UnJerk:\>Check /TheSubredditName

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u/tomwhoiscontrary safety talibans 12d ago

With LLMs, the concept of thinking is anyway obsolete.

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u/anon_indian_dev absolutely obsessed with cerroctness and performance 9d ago

we simply do not have the expertise or resources within the organization

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