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This downloads standalone MSVC compiler, linker & other tools, also headers/libraries from Windows SDK into portable folder, without installing Visual Studio. Has bare minimum components - no UWP/Store/WindowsRT stuff, just files & tools for native desktop app development.

Run py.exe portable-msvc.py and it will download output into msvc folder. By default it will download latest available MSVC & Windows SDK - currently v14.40.33807 and v10.0.26100.0.

You can list available versions with py.exe portable-msvc.py --show-versions and then pass versions you want with --msvc-version and --sdk-version arguments.

To use cl.exe/link.exe first run setup_TARGET.bat - after that PATH/INCLUDE/LIB env variables will be updated to use all the tools as usual. You can also use clang-cl.exe with these includes & libraries.

To use clang-cl.exe without running setup.bat, pass extra /winsysroot msvc argument (msvc is folder name where output is stored).

Code is clean if it can be understood easily – by everyone on the team. Clean code can be read and enhanced by a developer other than its original author. With understandability comes readability, changeability, extensibility and maintainability.

General rules

Follow standard conventions.
Keep it simple stupid. Simpler is always better. Reduce complexity as much as possible.
Boy scout rule. Leave the campground cleaner than you found it.
Always find root cause. Always look for the root cause of a problem.

Design rules

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(Summary generated by ChatGPT based on the automatic transcription. Transcript is attached to this Gist)

Panelists:

Host: Shashank
Panelists: Michael, Erik, Richard, Ronan

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	set -euo pipefail

	apt-get update -qq
	apt-get install -yqq libreadline-dev zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libvips-dev libheif-dev libde265-dev xz-utils ca-certificates wget libpq-dev vim unzip gnupg2 dirmngr

	# Uncomment if you run Postgres. Make sure to add postgres to apt-get install on line 5
	# pg_ctlcluster --skip-systemctl-redirect 16 main start
	# su - postgres -c "createuser -s $(whoami)"

	import asyncio
	import time
	import datetime
	import pytz # Ensure you have pytz installed
	from bleak import BleakScanner, BleakClient # Ensure you have bleak installed
	from bleak.exc import BleakError

	# Define the MAC address and characteristic UUID
	DEVICE_ADDRESS = "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx"
	CHARACTERISTIC_UUID = "00001f1f-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb"

	// Lines
	float hash( float n ) {
	return fract(sin(n)*753.5453123);
	}

	// Slight modification of iq's noise function.
	float noise(vector_float2 x )
	{
	vector_float2 p = floor(x);
	vector_float2 f = fract(x);

	class Solution {
	public int minMaxDifference(int num)
	{
	char leftMostDigit = '0';

	String number = Integer.toString(num);

	for(int i=0;i<number.length();i++)
	{
	if(number.charAt(i)!='9')

	{
	"background" : "#282828",
	"black" : "#282828",
	"blue" : "#458588",
	"brightBlack" : "#928374",
	"brightBlue" : "#83A598",
	"brightCyan" : "#8EC07C",
	"brightGreen" : "#B8BB26",
	"brightPurple" : "#D3869B",
	"brightRed" : "#FB4934",

	const input = document.getElementById('avatar');
	const previewPhoto = () => {
	const file = input.files;
	if (file) {
	const fileReader = new FileReader();
	const preview = document.getElementById('avatar-preview');
	fileReader.onload = function(event) {
	preview.setAttribute('src', event.target.result);
	}
	fileReader.readAsDataURL(file[0]);