Making Windows Development Reasonable

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Builds a one‑click Windows flow by bundling Cygwin into an NPM shim called easy-bash instead of relying on WSL, fixes CRLF and path/backslash quirks, and uses dune/OCaml tooling so native binaries don’t depend on Cygwin. Uses the easy package manager to install and build from source, and produces cross‑platform builds for Windows/Linux/Mac. Ships a native UI framework reverie/revery and an editor prototype own even that shows a claimed 10x startup improvement and already runs, with more features planned.

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1. 0:00Einleitung
2. 1:24Overview
3. 1:54Why Native Reason?
4. 3:30Desktop Applications Today
5. 6:17Why Native ReasonML?
6. 8:19Why Windows?
7. 10:53's C:\hello-reason esy install info install 0.5.8 (using package.json)
8. 12:02Esy on Windows: The Challen
9. 13:08Esy on Windows: POSIX
10. 13:37Esy on Windows: WSL?
11. 14:31Esy on Windows: Cygwin
12. 17:15Esy on Windows: CRLF
13. 19:49Esy on Windows: Path Differen.
14. 20:29Esy on Windows: Success!
15. 20:59Enjoy that warm, fuzzy feeling
16. 22:38Revery: Minimal App
17. 23:06Revery: Native Hooks!
18. 27:03Revery: Next Steps
19. 29:29Onivim v1: Electron
20. 30:43Onivim 2: Timeline
21. 34:56Thank you!

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