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After 40 years writing software, I have come to one conclusion that no framework, no language, and no AI has changed: building something that truly works — simple or complex — is not just technical competence. It is craft. And craft is art.
I have changed my development environment many times over forty years. Every time I thought I had found the definitive setup, something better came along. Today, I have stopped searching. Here is what I use — and more importantly, why.
This guide is for Windows users who want a real Linux development environment — fast, native, and without the overhead of Docker Desktop. If you are already on Linux, skip to the section on creating the workspace structure.
This guide continues from the WSL environment setup. At this point you have Debian Trixie running in WSL, logged in as the node user, with /workspace/projects ready. Now we install everything needed to start developing with TypeScript, NestJS, and Angular.