Vemund technotes

Plug and Pray: Why Bluetooth Audio on Windows Is Worse Than a Decade Ago It’s 2025. I can use AI to summarize a YouTube video, my PC can generate photorealistic images from a sentence, and yet… it still takes me up to two minutes to connect a Bluetooth headset to Windows 11. Ten years ago, it was practically instant. Today, it’s “please wait,” “connecting,” “something went wrong,” or just dead silence. How did we end up here? Somewhere along the line, driver development went from being the rock-solid backbone of Windows to a backburner task. Instead of focusing on stability and real hardware compatibility, the big effort seems to go into UI tweaks, shiny new apps, and—heaven help us—more media control buttons. Meanwhile, the basics have started to fall apart. Here’s the thing: Drivers matter. Without good drivers, we’re back to the dark ages—bits and bytes, no sound, no network, no webcam, no fun. Instead of another minor UI refresh or yet another built-in app, I’d love to see Micros...

It’s 2025… and still, no proper taskbar docking in Windows. Will Microsoft Finally Make Windows Great Again? The last known working and stable version of Windows was Windows 10. Everything after that? A wild experiment with UX decisions nobody asked for. If you're reading this in the future, let me tell you: 2025 was a strange year. The U.S. left support for Ukraine 🇺🇦. A questionable U.S. president made bizarre decisions. The world still ran on oil-powered cars 🚗. Some clown 🤡 with a star-branded company 🌟 (and a failing car company 🚙) was trying to take over the world. And amidst all that, Windows users just wanted their docking feature. Microsoft, are you listening? Will they revive their own Feedback Hub? Will the tech minds inside Microsoft step up? Feedback Hub Link: https://aka.ms/AAd2ifw Maybe it’s time to push for change—louder, stronger, and with some inspiration from legends like: Scott Hanselman – The developer whisperer https://www.hanselman.com/ Mark Russinovich...