Microsoft has been rethinking its commitment to Windows for a while now, with Insider builds of the operating system showing a swing away from web-based user experiences and back to native code. That ...

I've set up enough development environments on both Windows and Linux to know that configuration takes about the same amount of time on both systems. After all, the configuration process that I'm ...

Microsoft’s Build 2026 Windows updates add developer setup tools, local AI models, Linux workflows, and agent security controls. Image: Johnyvino/Unsplash Windows is getting a major developer-focused ...

From setup to API testing, these open-source tools cut out everyday development friction.

Project Zenith is proof that Microsoft knows how to make a less annoying version of Windows 11. So, why is it making it ...

Microsoft has announced Project Zenith, a new developer-focused Windows 11 experience that aims to reduce setup time, strip away distractions, and make high-end Windows PCs ready for coding from the ...

Microsoft’s Project Zenith brings a ready-to-code Windows experience to developer PCs, with local AI support and preconfigured tools. Microsoft is introducing Project Zenith, a ready-to-code Windows ...

Setting up a new Windows PC for coding usually means installing a stack of software and changing a bunch of settings before getting down to work. While it isn’t something difficult to do, it sure is ...

Korbin is a Linux system administrator who spends most of his time in a terminal figuring out how things actually work. Over the last decade he's written hundreds of articles about Linux configuration ...