Programmers bore brunt of Microsoft layoffs as AI writes up to 30% of its code

I’ve been using Microsoft 365 stuff recently and everything seems to be getting worst. Teams has had some new odd bugs, Sharepoint still doesn’t show a site after it was created, OneDrive syncing is still garbage.

I just commented last week that we should expect a 2.5% to 5% reduction in IT staff pretty much across the board as a result of AI. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43916814#43918067)

Companies are always looking for ways to reduce staff, or direct existing staff to new roles and avoid hiring.

And yet it releases nothing new and big