I went on one last (no really this time) sidequest before getting back to gameplay code and replaced my gnarly Makefile with https://github.com/bkaradzic/GENie because the little "eh make this better" notes were piling up and I had no way to do Windows builds. Seems solid so far. Docs are minimal, but if you know how to build C++ stuff they're plenty.
I booted my Windows install to do updates because I hadn't touched it since December, and "AMD put a chatbot in the graphics driver" still feels like a fever dream
If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is