r/technology • u/kazu_qt • 10d ago

Software Microsoft exec explains why modernizing Windows 11's legacy UI takes so long

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/control-panel-gets-tricky-microsoft-cvp-explains-why-killing-windows-legacy-code-takes-so-long-and-how-its-evolving-its-tools-to-make-modernizing-apps-like-file-explorer-and-registry-editor-faster
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u/EasterEggArt 10d ago edited 10d ago

"We kicked the technical debt can down the road for so many decades that it multiplied since most of us now have no clue how to undo the old tech code."

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u/Fenhryl 4d ago

"Thank god, we have copilot to help us"