Now if only xcode wasn't a steaming pile of an IDE comparing to visual studio...

Can someone provide an objective comparison?

No ReSharper. No NuGet. No extensibility. Single language. ...

Ballmer did not say "developers, developers" for no reason. Say what you want, but Microsoft always strived to provide best tools and libraries. Even if their communication is a mess.

No...

Microsoft did just enough to get you to continue to eat their dog food. It was the best dog food available, but... Still dog food.

I still wonder why they break the help and documentation system every 3 major releases or so.

The only extension I use is NuGet ( which I think is built in now?), but it still is the best IDE I ever used.

Another site that doesn't work with either adblock or ghostery running...

I thought so too, at first, but then I discovered it's just an odd site design.

There's a big X in the upper right corner that acts like a Close button. Clicking it hides the article and re-enables the rest of the page.

I don't see an X of any sort. Just the left hand sidebar, a white stripe at the top that says "Blog" and otherwise empty whitespace.

I guess I better get to work on my ideas for next-gen obnoxious ad and tracker blocking.