Operating system and tools

• Windows 11 with WSL as needed
• ECMAScript for quick/one-time hacking, Batch/Bash for very simple tools, C++ for anything more complex

Programming language

• C++ in the style of C
  • 👍 templates
  • 👍 most C features
  • 😐 goto
  • 😐 macros
  • 👎 standard library
  • 👎 smart pointers
  • 👎 namespaces
  • 👎 headers
  • 👎 exceptions
  • 👎 function overloading
  • 👎 constructors
• GCC compiler (MinGW-w64 on Windows)

Text editor

• VS Code with nearly everything turned off
• Gruvbox theme
• Source Code Pro font
• Tabs (size 4)