All the cool kids move fast and break things. Why not the same for core infrastructure providers? Let's replace our engineers with markdown files named after them.

I know you are joking but I'm sure that there is at least one director or VP inside GitHub pushing a new salvation project that must use AI to solve all the problems, when actually the most likely reason is engineers are drawing in tech debt.

Upper management in Microsoft has been bragging about their high percentage of AI generated code lately - and in the meantime we've had several disastrous Windows 11 updates with the potential to brick your machine and a slew of outages at github. I'm sure it might be something else but it's clear part of their current technical approach is utterly broken.

Says everything... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dj_f2ANBfas

I'm so confused by what they think using copilot to either find/build an emulator for a 50 year old machine that can run Basic demonstrates.

  <mermaid>
  flowchart TD
    A["Claim: Bridge opening is conditional"] --> B["Actor: Donald Trump"]
    A --> C["Project: Gordie Howe International Bridge"]
    A --> D["Condition: Canadian concessions required"]

    B --> E["Public statement"]
    C --> F["Status: not opening (per claim)"]
    D --> G["Type: policy/trade concessions"]

    E --> H["Outcome framing"]
    F --> H
    G --> H

    H["Message: No opening unless concessions are granted"]
  </mermaid>

https://oj-hn.com

  <mermaid>
  flowchart TD
    A["Claim: Bridge opening is conditional"] --> B["Actor: Donald Trump"]
    A --> C["Project: Gordie Howe International Bridge"]
    A --> D["Condition: Canadian concessions required"]

    B --> E["Public statement"]
    C --> F["Status: not opening (per claim)"]
    D --> G["Type: policy/trade concessions"]

    E --> H["Outcome framing"]
    F --> H
    G --> H

    H["Message: No opening unless concessions are granted"]
  </mermaid>

Utterly broken - perhaps, but apparently that's not exclusive with being highly profitable, so why should they care?

When I first typed up my comment I said "their current business approach" and then corrected it to technical since - yea, in the short term it probably isn't hurting their pocket books too much. The issue is that it seems like a lot more folks are seriously considering switching off Windows - we'll see if this actually is the year of the linux desktop (it never seems to be in the end) but it certainly seems to be souring their brand reputation in a major way.

For the time being. Does anyone want Windows 11 for real?

The inertia is not permanent.

Cause it's finally the year of Linux on desktop.

CoPilot has done more for Linux than anyone expected. I switched. I'm switching my elderly parents away next before they fall victim.

It’s not a joke. This is funny because it is true.

Better to replace management by AI.

Computers can produce spreadsheets even better and they can warm the air around you even faster.

[delayed]

Honestly AI management would probably be better. "You're a competent manager, you're not allowed to break or circumvent workers right laws, you must comply with our CSR and HR policies, provide realistic estimates and deliver stable and reliable products to our customers." Then just watch half the tech sector break down, due to a lack of resources, or watch as profit is just cut in half.

I mean, the strengths of LLMs were always a much better match for the management than for technical work:

* writing endless reports and executive summaries

* pretending to know things that they don't

* not complaining if you present their ideas as yours

* sycophancy and fawning behavior towards superiors

> I'm sure that there is at least one director or VP inside GitHub pushing a new salvation project that must use AI to solve all the problems

GitHub is under Microsoft’s CoreAI division, so that’s a pretty sure bet.

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/github-will-join-microsofts-co...

That's not good enough. You need SKILLS!

No, the reason it's happening is because they must be vibe coding! :P

No because you missed the joke.

This kind of thing never happened before LLMs!