JenniferplusplusSep 21, 2025
wowwwww I can't tell you how much I hate this
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/how-to-initialize-a-dictionary-with-a-collection-initializer#use-ai-to-initialize-a-dictionary
How to initialize a dictionary with a collection initializer - C#

Learn how to initialize a dictionary in C#, using either the Add method or an index initializer. This example shows both options.

Show threadJenniferplusplusSep 21, 2025
These are the official docs for the programming language. Fuck all the way off with this
Show threadity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCKSep 21, 2025

@jenniferplusplus I'm sorry what

Is this for real???

How many C# devs & contributors quit for this

Show threadjan Ki | 奇  Sep 21, 2025
@ity @jenniferplusplus
MAUI was basically abandoned to shift resources to this shit
Show threadSörenSep 21, 2025
@ki @ity @jenniferplusplus also, apparently WinUI. And Kiota.
Show threadjan Ki | 奇  Sep 21, 2025
@chucker @ity @jenniferplusplus
WinUI seemed pretty much dead from the start tbf. And then there's WPF, which is an unmaintained mess kept on life support
Show threadSören
@ki @ity @jenniferplusplus I'm still porting code _to_ WPF. I really don't understand why they they maintain multiple competing UI frameworks, none of which even have much _internal_ usage, instead of trying to e.g. unify the XAML capabilities (e.g. x:Bind)
Sep 21, 2025 at 6:50pmWeb
Show threadjan Ki | 奇  Sep 21, 2025

@chucker @ity @jenniferplusplus
I'm also porting code to WPF in my day job. It's still a widely used framework, it's just that it's basically a huge chunk of technical debt without much maintenance. There are some community PRs that get accepted every so often, but that's about it

There are a lot of supposed reasons for all these newer frameworks, but all of them are so half-assed it's just sad to see them come and go