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I kinda got bored halfway through. From what I gather they're salty that GitHub is switching to react? If that's the issue then the headline is rather misleading isn't it?
Surely legacy software is one that drifts into obscurity through lack of investment which is the polar opposite of GitHub rewriting their entire front end..
No, that is not the point at all. React is just an incidental detail she considered while trying to figure out what was going on.
It's not an incidental detail when the text is almost entirely around the issue caused by this (mis-)use of react. The author doesn't give another argument to support their view.
There seems to be a rando paragraph about AI as well,then it trails off that they're looking for recommendations for git blame clients. I couldn't really figure out how it was all GitHub's fault or where the word legacy fits in.
The thing is a new feature - AI-related in this case - contradicts the idea of legacy software to me, so I really don't know what was the point of that other than "complaining about github".
OP also felt the need to refer to the platform as Microsoft GitHub. So it seems likely this is all just grumbling about evil corp making changes