Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft

Software Engineer on @Windows Apps (ex-@VisualStudio & @Copilot) at @Microsoft. Author of DevToys & WindowSill. Opinions are my own. 🇫🇷 ➡️ 🇨🇦 ➡️ 🇺🇸

[Sidharth @Cloudwatch199]

JD Vance’s attack on Microsoft was deeply disingenuous, and Microsoft’s response exposes the fundamental flaw in his argument.

Vance compared layoffs with H-1B filings as though every visa petition represented an American worker being replaced.

Here is what Microsoft actually said:

“Of the approximately 6,000 H-1B visa applications we submitted in the last fiscal year, 80% percent were to extend or change the status of existing Microsoft employees. These were not to hire new people. The remaining filings for new employees were for individuals already legally in the United States who decided to come work for us, and they equal only 1% of our U.S. workforce. They are not new arrivals to our country.”

An extension is not a new hire. A visa transfer is not evidence of an American losing a job. And an H-1B petition is not proof of displacement.

If you want to investigate actual fraud, investigate it. If you want to protect American workers, protect them.

But don’t manipulate immigration statistics to manufacture a scandal.

America deserves an immigration debate grounded in facts, not political theater dressed up as arithmetic.

[Tom Warren @tomwarren]

13 years later and this is still the most accurate documentary ever made about iOS vs. Android

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

@HumanDotGg @rizotochaud Je suis gaucher aussi mais j'ai déjà l'habitude d'utiliser mon téléphone de la main droite pour plein de raisons. Ca me semble pas troublant non plus.

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

What is your favorite prompt font?

[Dr Milan Milanović @milan_milanovic]

What is your favorite coding font?

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

@TinaDebove @alafrayme Vancouver est top si t'aimes le ski!

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

@madskristensen

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

@dotMorten Well deserved !

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

All I want is a Sim City / City Skylines game but for building and managing a ski resort. There was one in 2003 called Ski Park Manager. It was atrocious, buggy and ugly as hell, but I had so much fun with it!

All the similar games I can find on Steam nowadays are abandoned in early release mode, clearly unfinished and missing tons of basic mechanics.

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

@XenoPanther This album is soooo good

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

@mindinpanic @lmstudio I’d say privacy. Being on the company network is mainly to make it easy to configure for every computers, plus most machines can’t run very smart models.

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

I love @lmstudio, especially for its privacy.

I recently helped a client integrating WindowSill in his company. LM Studio was part of his requirement. Having a single, private, LLM server running on a private network is a top need for some companies who work with super sensitive data.

I ensured WindowSill can be deployed easily in such environment. Thanks to WindowSill Pro, you can remotely configure WindowSill on all your client machines so they all use the same LM Studio server you may run internally.

And yes, it also work with Ollama.

Below is an article describing how end-users can use LM Studio on their personal computers. It's as simple for enterprise customers, except the configuration is done on the online dashboard.

👇 https://t.co/ZQJqAtmo6r

[窓の杜 @madonomori]

高機能ファイラー「Files」v4.2.2、AIコマンドバー「WindowSill」との連携に対応／「Files」で選んでいるアイテムに応じて「WindowSill」が適したツール… https://t.co/xrQNBuxjXF

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

@JayD0ubleu @unixterminal

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

Happy Tuesday ! If you’re not using WindowSill with LM Studio for improved privacy, you’re doing something wrong !

Full breakdown :
https://t.co/IbZCXyHUez

[0x5bfa @ox5bfaooo]

Files is now officially integrated with WindowSill, which is outlined in the 4.2.2 release note.

We have a plan for better integration of Files with other applications as well. Keep tuned in our Discord server!

https://t.co/jIhtHCT1K1

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

Happy Monday! WindowSill now integrates with @directory_opus and Files app!

More reading: https://t.co/a3ZOGkA8qS

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

@BobDinMI Right here : https://t.co/AWbJNVL4HA

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

I just released a big new, FREE feature for WindowSill, the universal toolbar for Windows 11. 🚀

WindowSill will now react your selected files in File Explorer and Files App, and you will be able to perform a ton of actions on files without having to open them, such as:

✅ Extract pages from a PDF, compress it, set or remove a PDF password.
✅Merge or Split PDF files.
✅Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV, TSV, TXT, MD, HTML, RTF, PDF files even if you don't have Office / Adobe installed.
✅Change the encoding or line ending of text files.
✅See extra info about a selected ZIP file.
✅Compress, Convert, Resize images
✅Convert videos, including extracting their audio.

All this is part of the free tier in my app https://t.co/Dry8vcz5yn

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

@OwMyAgung Yes !

[Etienne Baudoux | Software Engineer @Microsoft @VelerSoftware]

@CappieStorm N'hesites pas à partager tes retours! :)