win32 api

Microsoft’s latest public reminder that Win32 remains central to Windows 11 landed in early May 2026, when Microsoft Dev Docs highlighted remarks from Azure CTO and Sysinternals creator Mark Russinovich about the decades-old API’s unexpected staying power. The uncomfortable truth is not that...

Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich said in a recent Microsoft Dev Docs video that Win32, the desktop Windows API rooted in the Windows 95 era, remains a first-class Windows programming surface in 2026 despite decades of attempted replacements and modernization efforts. That admission is less a...

Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich said in a Microsoft Dev Docs video posted May 6, 2026, that Win32 remains a first-class Windows API in 2026 because decades of applications, tools, and system behaviors were built on top of it. The admission is less a scandal than a reminder of Windows’...