The creator of Windows Task Manager has 'vibe coded' a new version that runs on macOS and Linux
Big Tech Microsoft The creator of Windows Task Manager has 'vibe coded' a new version that runs on macOS and Linux It only took a 107-page spec to accomplish. 22, 2026 9:00 am EST Dave Plummer, TMOG.org Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover If you've ever hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc to find out what's eating your PC alive, you've used Dave Plummer's work. Now, some three decades after he wrote the original Windows Task Manager at Microsoft, Plummer is back with a new iteration: TMOG.
- ▪Big Tech Microsoft The creator of Windows Task Manager has 'vibe coded' a new version that runs on macOS and Linux It only took a 107-page spec to accomplish.
- ▪22, 2026 9:00 am EST Dave Plummer, TMOG.org Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover If you've ever hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc to find out what's eating your PC alive, you've used Dave Plummer's work.
- ▪Now, some three decades after he wrote the original Windows Task Manager at Microsoft, Plummer is back with a new iteration: TMOG.
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Big Tech Microsoft The creator of Windows Task Manager has 'vibe coded' a new version that runs on macOS and Linux It only took a 107-page spec to accomplish. By Luke James Sept. 22, 2026 9:00 am EST Dave Plummer, TMOG.org Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover If you've ever hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc to find out what's eating your PC alive, you've used Dave Plummer's work. Now, some three decades after he wrote the original Windows Task Manager at Microsoft, Plummer is back with a new iteration: TMOG. That's short for Task Manager OG — a twist on the tool he built back in 1996 and was released with Windows NT 4.0 that August. Taking on X last month, he explained how he (sort of) vibe-coded it using Claude Code.
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