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> Ruby on Windows is a nightmare.

The same stuff with Node.

Not sure why? Yeah there were times with damn node-gym not compiling for whatever reason. But nowadays things run pretty smooth.

Besides paths, Http_proxy settings on enterprise networks is a major pita.

i'm still using cntlm for that (as a proxy in front of the enterprise proxy) : http://cntlm.sourceforge.net/

(sourceforge is the main link, probably best to visit with ublock origin enabled)

paths, compilation etc. Windows isn't main server platform, so people seems like just don't care.

You can use / on Windows in node perfectly, and Windows node now installs required devtools for native modules at the end of the process.

It's pretty easy these days.

You can use it, yep, but devtools aren't enough. You'll meet a lot of issues sooner or later. Windows is second-class citizen for Node, Linux or macOS are much better - just share my experience.

Being a second class citizens is very different from being a nightmare. I've been able to build some fairly complex apps (TypeScript, Next.js, Relay, SQLite, Express) without running into any issues at all, and if I do hit a roadblock I know I can bail out to WSL or a VM.

The experience isn't as nice as macOS, but it's not terrible by any stretch.

Personally I moved to Windows about 2 years ago, have been developing node all day during that time and deploying on Linux. It's been great since about node 8. What have your issues been?

Same. Wsl is great. Running ides in wsl even works great, but with vscode, I don’t even do that much anymore. It’s like being on Linux for dev, but having Windows for power management, high dpi settings, drivers, etc. It’s working great, hardware selection is nice, games work. I’m really digging it lately.

> power management, high dpi settings, drivers, etc.

Have the same stuff working on Linux and deploy anything without VM/WSL/telemetry/etc. Guess similar situation with macOS.

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