"Small was fast and fast mattered": The creator of the Task Manager in Windows recalls why it had to be stable when Windows wasn’t
… Every dependency is a roommate that eats your food and never pays rent,” indicated Plummer. “And so, when I ended up writing Task Manager, I didn’t approach it like a modern utility where you start with a framework, add nine layers of comfort, six layers of futureproofing, and then act surprised wh… …