some time ago I wrote an article with my findings on how to create a local development environment under Windows. since then, a lot has changed, and yet something hasn't: I’m still running Windows (now version 11).

I know, I know, everyone loves Lando. but just in case you happen to be a non-conformist like me and need to set up D11 asap with DDEV, here's how.

Most PHP developers work from some flavour of Linux, but for those of you stuck with Windows, Microsoft has a native alternative to the ubiquitous VirtualBox - without taking up too much of your system's resources.