And for me, therein lies why my use of it has become reduced to a really complex rubber duck, or to write something out that I could do by hand, but making my robot butler do it is just faster. Anyone actually leaning into today’s generative AI models for generating code that requires complexity or thought… they shall reap what they sow in the years to come.

You’ve likely already heard of it, but give the Chris Titus Powershell debloater a try: https://christitus.com/windows-tool/

Doesn’t even require an install, you can run it portable through the shell. Lets you nix a crazy amount of telemetry and corporate sorcery.