Development on Windows is Painful

This post contains opinions. They may differ from the opinions you hold, and that’s great. This post is not targeted at any individual person or organization. This is a record of my frustration at trying to get Windows to do what I consider “basic development tasks”. Your experiences can and probably will differ. As a reminder, I am speaking for myself, not any employer (past, present and future). I am not trying to shit on anyone here or disregard the contributions that people have made. This is coming from a place of passion for the craft of computering…
https://christine.website/blog/windows-pain-2021-03-03
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