Microsoft’s AI assisted blog posts

Last week I wrote about Microsoft’s Reactor framework, a React-inspired C# framework for WinUI, using an official blog post by principal software developer engineer Alexandre Zollinger Chohfi as one of the sources. But was the post really by Chohfi? As I read it, I was pretty sure that it was AI-generated. Pangram, an AI detection … Continue reading Microsoft’s AI assisted blog posts →

WinUI Reactor: yet another way to code for the Windows desktop

Microsoft principal software developer engineer Alexandre Chohfi has posted about WinUI Reactor, an experimental framework for building WinUI applications using C# and a reactive pattern. The rationale for Reactor is two-fold: Note that Reactor is not a new platform, it is another way to code for WinUI, the existing platform which is supposedly the native … Continue reading WinUI Reactor: yet another way to code for the Windows desktop →

A new era of AI-driven application rebuilds – now it is Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop

AI coding makes it easier and quicker to re-create existing applications with new code, side-stepping copyright concerns since copyright protects code rather than specification. In February this year Cloudflare rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week and then followed with a WordPress-compatible CMS (content management system) called EmDash. Brandon Thomas, a developer from Atlanta, Georgia … Continue reading A new era of AI-driven application rebuilds – now it is Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop →

Counterfeit Braun shaver heads on eBay

I have a Braun electric razor and needed a new 70S shaver head. There are plenty on eBay; some are advertised as compatible and sell from around £7.00 up, and some are presented as genuine Braun parts and sell for anywhere between £18.00 and £60.00 (the price from a Braun UK dealer is £45.00). I … Continue reading Counterfeit Braun shaver heads on eBay →

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