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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William Blair

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Bill Blair grew up in Clearwater and Gainesville Florida. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1996. At West Point he earned a bachelors degree in Systems Engineering and was a 3 year Letterman on the football team.

Upon graduation he was commissioned an officer in the Army. He served 5 years as an Artillery Officer stationed at Ft Sill, OK and left the Army with a rank of Captain. After his military service he entered the HVAC industry with York International and later Johnson Controls. He currently is an Account Executive and Partner of Texas Air Systems based in Irving, TX.

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