I’ve only ever had it work for me once or twice, and it was always near the very beginning of a project when I was only losing a few days or a week of working code at most. When I discover that I fundamentally misunderstood or misjudged a core assumption and everything needs to be reoriented. Never when I already had code in production.
That’s fair, but even with that, it’s got to be easier to shove it into existing code. Especially if you’re trying to do it in a way that people don’t notice!
And actually, the Windows 10 start menu infamously had ads, too. So it can’t be that.
But this was four years ago! Actually it was released four years ago. This decision was almost certainly made before there were widespread code assistance AIs.
Tali Roth, the then product manager working on the core Windows user experience, including the Start menu, taskbar, and notifications, took up the question and talked about how building the taskbar from scratch meant that they had to cherry-pick things to put into the feature list first, and the ability to move the taskbar didn’t make the cut, for several reasons that Microsoft values.
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!
If you have working code, why would you rewrite it from scratch? Refactor, sure. Overhaul, maybe. But why rewrite the whole thing?! You’re gaining nothing but unnecessary bugs.
I know all the joke answers. To justify a product manager’s salary, because Microsoft gonna Microsoft, whatever. I want to know the real reason. Why would you ever rewrite working code from scratch if you don’t have to?
Four years ago, Recall wasn’t a thing. Microsoft was caught as off-guard by the AI hype machine as the rest of us. So I doubt this was originally the reason.
Might be now, though.
I wouldn’t say you’re wrong necessarily, just that prevailing indications suggest the opposite.
Disney’s FastPass: A Complicated History has a twist that Defunctland fans are still talking about four years later.
That’s not a given, and the human brain has very strong aversions to admitting fault.
Wait…I know Depp was in that, but Burton and Carter didn’t have anything to do with it, did they?
Ok… you’ve stumped me on “Lone.” I think I get the rest, but…
Joke’s on you, the name of this category is “Music by Danny Elfman.”
Tim Burton (1) really only directs dark movies (tonally, not luminously), and (2) went through a phase where everything he did either involved the actress Helena Bonham Carter (including his marriage, for a while) or the actor Johnny Depp (to whom he was not married), or both.
The question for this Jeopardy answer could equally be any of five things:
What is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? (the 2005 film, not to be confused with the 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
What is Corpse Bride?
What is Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street?
What is Alice in Wonderland? (the 2010 live action one)
What is Dark Shadows?
And if you add in his executive producer credits, you can toss in the Alice in Wonderland sequel, too.
If this is something you’re actually going through, OP, you should know that (1) the trimesters can all feel dramatically different, sometimes even turning on a dime, and (2) it’s definitely always ok to call up your OB anytime if something feels wrong.
First one: I better watch out, she’ll call a foul on me
Second one: I better watch out, she’s probably a felon on the run
Third one: I can’t watch out because I don’t know where she is
Electron (and Tauri, and Neutralino) also offers some deeper OS integration stuff that browsers don’t do or actively block; direct file management, USB peripheral control, that sort of thing.
But for something like Discord, you’re totally right. You just need the browser.
It’s been a fun journey. And he’s on the Fediverse! https://mas.to/@TechConnectify
(not tagging him directly because I feel like he probably gets that enough)
Alec has been on a multi-year quest to get an incandescent color profile from LED Christmas lights. I haven’t watched this episode, but he usually does a pretty good job of recapping at the start of every episode.
It’s always super entertaining, in my opinion.
EDIT: I watched it. It is indeed super entertaining! This time, the recap comes after his special Christmas light repacking tip, so it’s a couple of minutes in.
Walking into a meeting at Kohler and keeping a straight face after saying the words “toilet camera”–and then maintaining that straight face throughout the product’s discussion, greenlighting, development, manufacture, and sale–deserves an Oscar.
I think part of what you’re saying is why the Kowloon build can’t deliver that, though.
I dunno, I feel like I can still pick out PS3-era graphics. But the PS4 and PS5 are so similar that they still co-release games for both with only minor visual upgrades, so I agree with your overall point if not your example.