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.
<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>
<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>
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.
