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I can completely believe that the Windows "Outlook" app (formerly "Outlook (new)") was vibe-coded

AnandTech Forums: Technology, Hardware, Software, and Deals [Un… March 11, 2026
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A customer wanted to create a mailing list to e-mail a bunch of people easily. I found the option to create the list, but trying to add people to that list was interesting: despite the fact that Microsoft e-mail apps / services generally autocomplete recipients based on the list of people you've ever e-mailed, this particular search only searched the contacts list (despite the other fact that most Microsoft e-mail apps / services don't autocomplete with people in your contacts list *unless* you've e-mailed them before). Therefore we had to find people to add to the customer's list of contacts in order to add them to the mailing list. Further problems: the list of contacts claims to be sorted alphabetically by surname, and sometimes the contacts list shows surname first then firstname, sometimes the other way around (despite me checking such entries to make sure the information wasn't entered incorrectly), and sometimes it doesn't sort by surname. Also, if you add someone to... Read more

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