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Sometimes it's more than worth drilling down into familiar tools that have been around as long as we've been building Windows code, because it turns out there's a lot of interesting infrastructure under the hood of tools like MS Build. www.infoworld.com/article/4222...

infoworld.comMSBuild explained: Understanding Microsoft’s build platformMSBuild is more powerful than you might think, as it’s usually hidden behind an IDE. Here’s a peek behind the curtain.

22/10/26, 8:11 pm0 reposts0 likes

Norman Wilson (⚠️extremely tired) 🔵

@oclsc.bsky.social

Then there's the tools I've been using since long before there was Windows; before MS-DOS, even. And that either existed or are descended from things that existed before there was a Microsoft.

Simon Bisson

@sbisson.com

Oh yes; there are many dark old ones out there!

Norman Wilson (⚠️extremely tired) 🔵

@oclsc.bsky.social

The tools I'm thinking of are bright spots in the current universe of dark patterns. They're also so simple that people can't seem to reimplement them in current worlds without adding pointless crap.

Norman Wilson (⚠️extremely tired) 🔵

@oclsc.bsky.social

Yes, I am in a bitchy mood today, why do you ask?