So many stories and so much advice from Dave Plummer - the original creator of task manager and other interesting software like unzip on Microsoft Windows. Did the NSA have a backdoor in Microsoft Windows?  Should you learn Rust or GoLang? Learn from someone who has years of development experience!

// Dave’s Social //
Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@DavesGarage
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// Great videos on Dave's channel //
Windows Task Manager: https://youtu.be/Ve95Nh690l0
Windows Clock: https://youtu.be/Ve95Nh690l0
Windows Start Menu: https://youtu.be/HrDovsqJT3U
Windows Zip Folders; https://youtu.be/aQUtUQ_L8Yk
Windows Activation: https://youtu.be/FpKNFCFABp0
10x your code with ChatGPT: https://youtu.be/pspsSn_nGzo

// Great Playlist on Dave's channel //
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF2KJ6Gy3cZ7jCgV1VEAIcr867nCkynPn

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// Menu //
00:00 - Coming up
01:01 - Dave Plummer's history
02:26 - Dave's Garage 
03:33 - How Dave started at MicroSoft
06:15 - Task Manager 
10:36 - Other Operating Systems
11:06 - What OS is Dave coding on?
11:30 - How Dave got into coding
13:14 - Advice to younger people
14:18 - Sell your work, not yourself
15:38 - Still coding long after Microsoft
16:22 - Visual Zip
18:40 - Show your work
19:31 - Was it easier in the old days?
21:07 - Would you use Rust today?
21:43 - Should I learn C?
22:10 - What language is Windows written in?
23:14 - ZIG and other programming languages
25:05 - Start with Python
26:32 - Write your code right
27:00 - Windows 95 vs NT
30:00 - 20-year-old code still in Windows
30:47 - Task manager is still the same
31:11 - Politics between Win 95 and NT team
31:48 - Product Activation 
33:42 - Loved for task manager; hated for Windows activation 
35:05- Open Source
36:00 - Who is looking at your code?
37:15 - NSA and backdoor access to Windows
38:07 - Sneaking code into Windows
38:53 - Windows Easter eggs
39:54 - Doom on Excel
40:17 - Secret messages in MS DOS
40:46 - Pinball 
43:49 - The Start menu
45:08 - Calculator and Clock 
47:58 - Blue screen of death
48:59 - Chat GPT
51:01 - Chat GPT and bad code
51:30 - Plans with your channel 
52:27 - Meeting Dave in person
52:45 - Outro 

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