[VeninVidiaVicii]

I hate to sound elitist, but I straight-up can’t do any serious coding on anything other than a Linux box. Most of what I do these days is statistical inference on bacterial genomes in the context of antibiotic treatment.

I understand that I’m not the average user, but then again, nobody really is.

[sanarothe]

If one is really hard pressed to use a windows box, I have found WSL to be a godsend. (eg at work, which is luckily at a relatively small company where IT isn't as locked down as other places I've worked.)

On the other hand, I tried to use powershell the other day for some simple admin tasks and ooooh wow I sure don't have anything nice to say.

Also my living is made on the Windows side, and not the Linux side, so I guess I don't know the pain points of WSL.

[IgorPartola]

It’s because you are a Linux noob. Use a real Unix like macOS! /s

Let the flamewars begin!

[bowsamic]

That sounds like scientific coding, not serious coding

[cruffle_duffle]

Serious coding like writing TODO apps for the latest WebTV?

[bowsamic]

Business applications are far more serious than any scientific code could ever hope to be