The hardest thing about programming in a C based language on windows is compiling it.

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  • WSL

    Issues found on WSL

  • Yeah, if you have the patience to wait downloading packages at 40Kbps speed... Microsoft doesn't give a shit to solve the problem. This is the embrace and kill strategy all over again. https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4901

  • Vcpkg

    C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS

  • Like I said, you can always try to find it on nuget (yes, it has native libraries) or figure out vcpkg versioning. You can also follow this github issue: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/pull/22201

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • azurelinux

    Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances

  • HomeBrew

    🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

  • And with Homebrew (one-line install) you can also install compilers & tools easily:

  • oh-my-posh

    The most customisable and low-latency cross platform/shell prompt renderer

  • Windows Terminal with https://ohmyposh.dev/

  • open-watcom-v2

    Open Watcom V2.0 - Source code repository, Wiki, Latest Binary build, Archived builds including all installers for download.

  • Apparently there's an open source version of it available. https://github.com/open-watcom/open-watcom-v2

  • Vim

    The official Vim repository

  • also use this as an editor https://www.vim.org/

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