Setting up a fresh Windows machine for development tends to follow the same order. Start with the PowerShell one-liner to install Chocolatey, then pull the rest of your toolchain through choco install. A short list of tools worth knowing if you want an agentic workflow without a subscription: the Qwen Code CLI, which came out of the Qwen team and is tuned for the qwen coder models, and a local runner for open-weight models to host them. Both are open source and move quickly, so check the release notes before pinning a version..
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Gina Konganda

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“Ms. Konganda is well-known in the industry for her business acumen, leadership, client management expertise and vast network of architects, engineers and construction(AEC) business partners, owners and managers.

Ms. Konganda’s visionary leadership style and management philosophy focuses on exceptional and responsive client service, trust, respect, clear communication, collaborative teamwork, and empowerment of team members. She believes that each and every project should be delivered with emphasis on exceptional quality which will not only result in satisfied and repeat clients, but also in the construction of landmark buildings designed to last.”

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