For seasoned Windows users, the allure of constructing a tailored development environment is irresistible—especially in an age where applications, libraries, and containers sprawl unchecked, threatening the stability and cleanliness of one's daily driver system. This desire for isolation and...
Few topics in the world of personal computing elicit such a dedicated following—and provoke as much curiosity from the uninitiated—as the subject of configuration files, known affectionately as "dotfiles." For many users, especially those rooted in the Linux or developer ecosystems, dotfiles are...
The arrival of Docker Desktop on the Microsoft Store signals a critical evolution in software deployment and management for Windows developers and IT administrators. Traditionally, Docker Desktop—a mainstay for developers working with containerized applications—required a manual download from...
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Containerizing core programs with Docker on Windows might sound like an advanced DevOps trick best left for cloud professionals, but the tangible workflow improvements are immediate—fracturing assumptions about desktop app management and system stability. For years, personal computers have...
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If you’ve ever found yourself staring at a screen cluttered with half a dozen shell windows—juggling Command Prompt, Windows PowerShell, and WSL just to get through your daily to-do list—congratulations, you’re officially living the classic techie struggle. There’s nothing like that tangle of...
I sit down with Steve Teixeira and get the low-down on all of the latest developments with Windows 10 IoT Core, Raspberry Pi 2, and much more!
[00:00] Introduction
[00:53] Custom Raspberry Pi 2 case for Windows 10 IoT Core
[01:30] New IoT stuff announced at Maker Faire
[01:44] Adafruit Starter...
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I've been blogging about Visual Studio Extensions here for about, well, forever. During that time I've found a few that I can't live without. A few that I always have to find and install again, and again on every new dev machine.
Visual Studio 2013 introduced roaming settings (Synchronized...