Post #92000
2025-12-24 23:43 UTC
Replies (28)
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@pyrinix@kbin.melroy.org 2025-12-25 03:42
And by which point, by 2032 when my Windows 10 stops updating completely (finally). May just be the time I finally go to Linux.
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@tal@lemmy.today 2025-12-25 00:27
>“My goal is to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030,” Microsoft distinguished engineer Galen Hunt wrote in a recent LinkedIn post. > > “Our strategy is to combine AI and Algorithms to rewrite Microsoft’s largest codebases,” he added. “Our North Star is ‘1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code.’” Well, I expect it'll be exciting, one way or another.
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@HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 2025-12-25 01:26
I look forward to the total and complete collapse of Microsoft in the computer marketplace.
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@tonytins@pawb.social 2025-12-25 00:11
> Plans move to Rust, *with help from AI* As if AI could handle the mountains of checks Rust has you account for.
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@mech@feddit.org 2025-12-25 00:17
Honestly, Microsoft should just take the L, develop Windows 12 based on a Linux kernel, and re-write most of their stuff from scratch. After focusing on backwards-compatibility for 40 years, they're allowed a new start, to fix all the rotten code they inherited from the 1980's.
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@Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2025-12-25 14:20
 Surely there's no way for Microsoft to vibe-fuck their OS. Surely. Surely.
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@termaxima@slrpnk.net 2025-12-25 12:56
This could have been good news, however, Microsoft's insistance on using AI, and general incompetence even without it, makes me very doubtful this will be successful. They are going to try and replace C and C++ written by actual experts a few decades ago, with Rust written by idiots. Expect tons of logic bugs, and very little measurable difference in memory corruption.
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@Malcolm@lemmy.world 2025-12-25 01:20
Get out your popcorn because this should be fun to watch. They're already vibe coding all of the value and stability out of their OS. As someone who only still has a Window install because Wine can't handle the CAD tools I rely on, I look forward to the day when Linux becomes a more attractive platform to release professional software for. I'm not holding my breath for the Year of the Linux Desktop but I can certainly enjoy the ride of MS's self sabotage to get there.
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@wewbull@feddit.uk 2025-12-25 08:45
This is what you get when AI fanaticism combines with Rust fanaticism. 1 million lines a month is 2-ish line per second. That "engineer" is just someone to blame when things don't work. They aren't going to be contributing anything.
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@DeuxChevaux@lemmy.world 2025-12-25 03:39
A vibe coded Windows 12. Sounds... interesting,,, mildly...
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2025-12-25 11:02
> reimplement … with help from AI Meaning, it will have more bugs and less features after.
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@db2@lemmy.world 2025-12-24 23:55
Probably with AI slop because they got really stupid really fast in Redmond.
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@franzbroetchen@feddit.org 2025-12-26 09:05
> “Our strategy is to combine AI and Algorithms to rewrite Microsoft’s largest codebases,” he added. “Our North Star is ‘1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code.’” Easy to achieve if the ai just wraps all code in an `unsafe` block ^^
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@architect@thelemmy.club 2025-12-25 06:54
Be off fucking windows by 2030, got it.
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@goatinspace@feddit.org 2025-12-25 05:37
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@slaacaa@lemmy.world 2025-12-25 14:05
Just fucking stop please 
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@VeloRama@feddit.org 2025-12-25 14:38
so glad i switched to linux in time to avoid this clusterfuck. at least on my private machines.
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@hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 2025-12-25 13:41
Well known in the industry how you don't assess programmers by lines of code. You kind of want them to be efficient and clean. Spend their day thinking and design clever solutions... Not pump out lots of unmaintainable low quality stuff. And have a million lines of that by tomorrow. But yeah, guess every aspect of this aligns well. You should be using Linux by now. Or at least do the switch in the near future.
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@ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2025-12-25 22:50
Will this finally be the end of Windows? Also fun fact: Windows uses a lot of COM Interfaces for API, which in my opinion often makes developing for Windows a better experience, than developing for Linux. Rust does not have anything OOP related by default, and are often emulated with macros instead, like in C.
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@frostysauce@lemmy.world 2025-12-26 17:40
Replace the spaghetti with slop. Sounds like a great idea.
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@aesthelete@lemmy.world 2025-12-25 05:49
Perfect plan, I'm sure there will be no problems
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@ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2025-12-25 10:03
The linkedin post this is based on sounds like a troll/joke/fake/mental episode.
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@FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 2025-12-25 09:08
Somebody got yelled at Edit: seeing as theres no embed, the same guy put up something about this was a research prject and, hah, of course theyre not porting windows to rust. https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/115774900029763806
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@outbloodyrageous@mander.xyz 2025-12-25 13:11
I can't wait for online trolls to blame the language after the AI slop code gets flagged with a billion CVEs
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@qaz@lemmy.world 2025-12-26 19:23
This sounds like a great idea, I might finally be able to use Linux at work in the future.
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@Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2025-12-26 18:55
(With react native)
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@excral@feddit.org 2025-12-28 11:14
Windows 11 was released 4 years ago and you still can't move the task bar to a different edge of the screen. If Microsoft can't implement simple feature of a core part of Windows in 4 years they most certainly can't replace their entire C/C++ codebase in 5 years
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@whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-26 17:18
This is coming from someone who is pretending to think Microsoft is currently doing well and could lose some quality at the expense to introduce new features users want faster to sell an image of technology innovators or at a baseline a user friendly experience What is actually happening is they are trying really hard to sell Microsoft after windows 11 launch pushed a lot of users away or at least gave them an accurate impression of how MS caters to corporations and advertisers and they don't give a shit about users as long as they keep buying computers with windows monopoly pre installed. The 'ai is going to be good enough to replace developers' longshot could come in 10 years or 10,000 years and is a hand wave to not understand the problem or currently available possible solutions. Also the interview only covers corpo interests and doesn't include any labor or software union leaders.