Former Microsoft dev creates 2.5KB Notepad clone with no AI features
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Piyush Gupta
Summary
Former Microsoft developer Dave Plummer, known for creating the original Windows Task Manager, built a tiny text editor called TinyRetroPad that is only 2.5KB in size and contains zero AI features. The project is a response to Microsoft adding AI-powered features (often called "shovelware") to the classic Windows Notepad application. Plummer's clone strips away all modern additions to focus purely on basic text editing functionality, emphasizing minimalism and code optimization.
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· 3 pulledDave Plummer started his programmer's career at Microsoft back in the MS-DOS days.
He knows a thing or two about code optimization, which is why he is now trying to strip Notepad of the unwanted AI shovelware Microsoft has been adding over the past few years.
Plummer is the man who claims to have created some major Windows features, including the original Task Manager application.
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