React Start Menu Meltdown

Modern software development is insane fyi you find out that the start menu in windows 11 is literally a react native application that causes a spike in cpu usage every time you press the start button TV alive Richard M. Stallman Hi Daniel, I'm the guy responsible for implementing the start menu with React Native in Windows 11. I know now if you have any questions. first question why I'm a React developer so it only made sense. Any other questions? what was the performance consideration for such an implementation? I try not to let such considerations get in the way of doing great work.

A social media thread jokes that the Windows 11 Start menu is a React Native application that spikes CPU usage whenever it is opened. A developer claims responsibility, and Richard Stallman’s exhausted reaction image delivers the punchline: absurd software decisions are defended as reasonable while performance concerns are ignored. It is used as a reaction to overengineered software, questionable technical choices, or developers prioritizing implementation over efficiency.

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