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I think it depends on your background. A decade ago, web developer experience for non-MS stacks on Windows was significantly inferior to MacOS, mainly because a

I think it depends on your background. A decade ago, web developer experience for non-MS stacks on Windows was significantly inferior to MacOS, mainly because all the best tooling was *nix based. I don’t know what the situation is like today as I haven’t touched Windows in years, but my opinion of Microsoft DX is very low. In fact, the thought of developing on Windows is so visceral that I wouldn’t even consider a job if I were forced to use Windows. Conversely, if you’ve been developing within the MS ecosystem then I bet you’ll have a completely different opinion.

apetresc 3y ago
As a classical, old-school *nix-style developer, I can confidently say things have changed in Windows-land. Between WSL2, VS Code, scoop/winget, Windows Terminal, and dozens of small quality-of-life advancements, Windows has shockingly become a very comfortable, ergonomic development environment for lots of things that have nothing to do with .NET, Windows SDK, etc.
- earthling8118 3y ago
  Yet the above comment isn't talking about modern windows, but instead the past. The 90s were referenced specifically. I think those things have improved the situation a lot, but are still not comfortable enough to be enticing. So 30 years ago it definitely wasn't.
  - apetresc 3y ago
    I was referring to the statement “I don’t know what the situation is like today as I haven’t touched Windows in years, but my opinion of Microsoft DX is very low.”
pjmlp 3y ago
As someone that has mainly done Web development in Java and .NET stacks, knows UNIX since I used Xenix in 1993, and used most of the big names. Windows is perfectly fine for Web development, never missed UNIX while using it. On the other hand, XEmacs was the rescue to sanity in a world depleted of nice tools like Borland IDEs.

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I think it depends on your background. A decade ago, web developer experience for non-MS stacks on Windows was significantly inferior to MacOS, mainly because a

by shortcake27 3y ago

apetresc 3y ago
As a classical, old-school *nix-style developer, I can confidently say things have changed in Windows-land. Between WSL2, VS Code, scoop/winget, Windows Terminal, and dozens of small quality-of-life advancements, Windows has shockingly become a very comfortable, ergonomic development environment for lots of things that have nothing to do with .NET, Windows SDK, etc.
- earthling8118 3y ago
  Yet the above comment isn't talking about modern windows, but instead the past. The 90s were referenced specifically. I think those things have improved the situation a lot, but are still not comfortable enough to be enticing. So 30 years ago it definitely wasn't.
  - apetresc 3y ago
    I was referring to the statement “I don’t know what the situation is like today as I haven’t touched Windows in years, but my opinion of Microsoft DX is very low.”
pjmlp 3y ago
As someone that has mainly done Web development in Java and .NET stacks, knows UNIX since I used Xenix in 1993, and used most of the big names. Windows is perfectly fine for Web development, never missed UNIX while using it. On the other hand, XEmacs was the rescue to sanity in a world depleted of nice tools like Borland IDEs.