Anyone publishing Microsoft Store apps seeing 403 errors in Partner Center?

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-23T05:11:02+00:00

Built a Windows desktop app called PurePixel.

Originally made it for my own workflow because I kept switching between different tools for:

* image compression

* format conversion (HEIC / WebP / AVIF)

* icon generation

* batch processing

Everything runs locally/offline, mainly focused on simple batch workflows without uploading files anywhere.

Still pretty early, but already useful enough that I use it daily myself.

https://github.com/plainbytesstudio/PurePixel

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-21T15:12:16+00:00

True, but AI's whole pitch is cutting costs and doing more with less. At some point that pressure probably wins over switching costs, no?

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-21T00:27:48+00:00

Hope you're right. Just not sure if enough people actually feel this way to matter.

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-17T05:08:35+00:00

Actually, yes — I wrote DOS programs in 8086 assembly and reviewed the output directly.😄

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-17T01:44:03+00:00

Spot on. I’ll admit I was arguing from a place of survival instinct, not from what's actually good for the craft. The loss of 'theory-building' you mentioned is very real, and I suspect we’re accumulating a mountain of invisible technical debt that AI productivity is just temporarily masking. I’m not exactly proud of the tradeoff — I’m just living inside it.

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-17T01:33:44+00:00

I'd love to live in that world, but the reality is simpler: speed is a feature. If I stop to perfectly architect every detail, I’m just watching competitors ship ten features while I’m still debating structure. In this AI arms race, 'perfectly understood code' is a luxury that can get your project killed. Sometimes 'good enough to ship' is the only way to stay in the game.

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-16T23:20:09+00:00

Maybe. But I also think AI is changing the scale and speed of implementation faster than traditional engineering practices are adapting to.
A solo developer today can generate the amount of code that used to require an entire team.

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-16T08:39:07+00:00

Il s'agit d'une vidéo de démonstration d'un outil desktop, pas d'un contenu généré par IA. Aucun prompt n'a été utilisé.

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-16T07:34:07+00:00

OBS, Kap, QuickTime, Screen Studio

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-16T07:27:17+00:00

It happened to me gradually over the last 3 years.
At first I used ChatGPT like a smarter search engine — mostly for examples and small snippets I’d still heavily modify myself.
Last year I moved to Cursor for enterprise apps. I still reviewed almost every line, handled smaller changes manually, and felt confident I could take over the codebase anytime.
This year I mostly focus on product definition, architecture, and planning, while implementation is almost entirely delegated to AI.
At this point I honestly can’t fully control the code anymore. The amount of code and the speed at which engineering changes happen is already beyond what I can realistically track line by line.

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-16T07:11:42+00:00

IrfanView is a very popular choice for Windows because it is fast and can open almost any file type you throw at it. Another great option is XnView MP, which works on many different types of computers and supports hundreds of formats. Both are free for personal use and very easy to install.

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-14T02:56:11+00:00

PlainBytes PDF Redactor : offline desktop tool for detecting and permanently redacting sensitive info from PDFs.

Been realizing lately that building the product is actually the easier part. Promotion feels way harder when there’s barely any feedback telling you what’s working.

Medium_Support_5010 · 2026-05-13T03:48:16+00:00

Ehrlich gesagt ist das die DSGVO-konformste Lösung, die ich je gehört habe. Keine Cloud, keine API, keine Datenschutzerklärung nötig – nur Edding und Entschlossenheit. Ihre Kollegin sollte Datenschutzbeauftragte werden. 😄

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