Why is Darktable editing not real-time? (What would need to be done?)

Just to clarify, what I don’t like on Windows is software development. RAW development works just fine.

I just like working with a Unix shell. I actually do have to develop on Windows for some of my work, but I’m simply accustomed to be able to automate simple stuff with shell and Python scripts. That’s possible on Windows, too, of course, especially now with WSL and tools like GOW. But it’s more cumbersome to manage, and simply less fun for my tastes.

The “proper” workaround is using a big IDE of course, but again, that’s just not my preferred way of working. That said, some of Windows’ APIs are actually pretty nice to work with, and their API docs are (often) miles ahead compared to Linux’s or macOS’s.