I have a lot of nostalgia for the product and will miss it. Working with Xamarin before there was a Xamarin.Forms, it and its predecessor Xamarin Studio made it possible to support a few different operating systems in the embedded system and mobile space with one code base.

Were it not for it, a *nix geek like me never would have become as comfortable with the Microsoft ecosystem as Iâ(TM)ve become (even with a decade spent working on Windows CE). Only Microsoft knows how many developers this is going to impact today, but even now many of our younger new hires chose developing in VS for Mac, warts and all, because they felt more at home on a Mac. Hopefully VS Code will really evolve into something useful for MAUI, or I think a lot of mindshare will be lost going forward.

As it stands, I think itâ(TM)s time for me to take another look at Jetbrains Rider. Praise from its fans notwithstanding, it never seemed worth the hassle before, but maybe now is the time to compare it to VS Code.

Paint it brown, and it's Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo.

/agreed. > 50% protein by weight. It's practically a super food. Now, I've got to wonder how palatable it is. I like seaweed. Seems like it should be ok.

..and that's still not enough!!!

The real code to be cracked is exactly what the mission statement means. ;)

You mean, like, Virtual Capitalism?

That's decomposition, not aging. But hey, if you really feel the urge to suck the joy out of life by deconstructing a simple joke in such a manner, please don't let me stop you. ;)

Because technically, death does prevent aging.

...the library of Congress has been known to f*ck people.

Please tell me that this is an early April Fools joke? Please? I'm begging, here!

...are they blazing for Newton Crosby?

Why don't we just make it a Federal crime to elect a fucking moron?

James P. Hogan wrote a sci-fi novel about this back in the 70's, I think. The Genesis Machine. The technology was weaponized fairly quickly -- why use a warhead to deliver phenomenal amounts of energy when you can just deliver the energy?

Saving throw! Saving throw!