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What resources do you use to learn the details of using a new language when you are competent in many other languages? Not the basics like class hierarchy, syntax, and loops, but more language unique stuff. Eg:

- Compilation model: bytecode/native/whatever

- Are there multiple implementations which are most used and why?

- Package management and versioning

- Common build tools

- Concurrency/io model (async, os threads, green threads, etc)

- Language-specific/more-common data structures

- Sources of UB to aware of

All the "Java for experienced developers" pages I find start by teaching me HelloWorld, move on to declaring variables, loops.... and never get to anything interesting.

Alfred on macOS is lovely. Specifically I like using: 'filename to search for individual files quickly.

Sadly Alfred isn't available for Windows. What's the best "Alfred for Windows"?

What is the best software to read arbitrary text aloud in a decently human sounding voice? I'd be happy with a CLI tool or a website I can just paste text into.

There are many articles I'd rather hear than read so I can rest my eyes. I've tried the builtin macOS say cmd, naturalreaders (dot) com and they both suck.