Unhappy over Notepad's development direction, this developer took matters into his own hands.
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Sick of AI Slop, Former Microsoft Engineer Built a New, AI-less Notepad
A former Microsoft engineer who was behind Task Manager has built a fully working, 2.5KB Notepad clone that doesn't ship with slop.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
