I just learned that Windows now has a builtin sudo command. You need to enable it from the Windows developer settings and then you use it similar to sudo on other operating systems. I鈥檝e been using gsudo for some time and I still prefer as it overall has a nicer experience and is more fully featured, but if you鈥檙e looking for one less thing to install then the builtin sudo is decent. ...
For years I鈥檝e been using Chocolately for quickly installing git on new Windows and it鈥檚 pretty handy. Recently though I looked into doing the same with winget since it comes built into Windows now which makes it easier to just give to the command to a co-worker. One thing I always do though is enable the option to add the common linux tools to the path. With Chocolately you could just add the /GitAndUnixToolsOnPath param like this: ...
I used to have tools like CCleaner and Revo uninstaller installed on my windows machines but I recently learned that Microsoft now has their utility called PC Manager that does things like free up some disk space and disable startup apps. Though as this article points out, you can accomplish a lot of similar tasks without a dedicated tool, so it鈥檚 more for if you find it convenient.
Today I learned about a new feature in Windows 11 called Dev Drive. It sounds like it essentially lets you create an optimized drive or volume for heavy file I/O that could speed up large solutions or test suites. Doesn鈥檛 look like I鈥檓 able to enable this on my work laptop yet but I鈥檓 curious to try it on one of my personal machines and see if it鈥檚 a noticeable improvement. ...