Tag Archives: Windows

Ah… Windows, My Old “Friend”

Posted on February 29, 2020 by David K.

I didn’t want to be here again. I swore I was done with Windows. But, here I am. Years ago, I picked up Skyrim on a Steam sale, and immediately fell in love with it. I got pretty far along … Continue reading →

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Operating System “Ecology”

Posted on February 27, 2020 by David K.

Back in my days of playing AD&D, each month, Dragon Magazine would feature an “The Ecology of…” some mythical beast. The article would read like a National Geographic treatment of what the creature eats, what places they inhabited, and so … Continue reading →

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DHH “not yet feeling the awesome” of WSL

Posted on October 30, 2019 by David K.

This has been one of my all-time favorite Twitter threads. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Rails, is trying to “live” in Windows, and set it up to do Rails work. He’s blogging the “experience,” and it’s not going very smoothly. … Continue reading →

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Ruby on Rails on Windows is not just possible, it’s fabulous using WSL2 and VS Code – Scott Hanselman

Posted on August 2, 2019 by David K.

I’ve been trying on and off to enjoy Ruby on Rails development on Windows for many years. I was doing Ruby on Windows as long as 13 years ago. There’s been many valiant efforts to make Rails on Windows a … Continue reading →

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Making Windows Tolerable

Posted on March 2, 2019 by David K.

I got a new job a couple months ago. I suspect that IT departments of monstrously-large, international corporations are all reading from the same playbook in how to setup and administrate their networks, users, applications, and computers. The IT overhead … Continue reading →

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