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Microsoft is rewriting Windows 11 shell in native code, killing the web slop slowing your PC

To fix performance issues, Microsoft is replacing sluggish React Native and WebView components in Windows 11 shell with fast WinUI frameworks.
Windows Report

Microsoft Pushes Native Windows App Development With New WinUI AI Agents

Microsoft showcased new WinUI AI agents, app modernization tools, and native Windows development resources at Build 2026.
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WhatsApp is the worst app on your Windows 11 PC right now, eating 1.2GB of RAM doing nothing

WhatsApp for Windows is a slow, RAM-hungry web wrapper. With Microsoft committed to WinUI, there's no excuse not to build a ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Choosing the Right UI Framework for Native Windows Applications

What tech should a .NET coder use for a new Windows desktop app when presented with a dizzying array of options that include .NET MAUI, WinUI, WinForms, WPF, UWP, Blazor and so on? We've investigated ...
The Verge

Microsoft needs Windows developers like never before

This new Windows AI push needs developers on board for it to truly work. This new Windows AI push needs developers on board for it to truly work. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who ...