Dev Launchpad - Windows Workspace Control Panel

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Dev Launchpad Windows control panel for starting local workspaces, checking ports, and opening project URLs.

TL;DR: Dev Launchpad is a small Windows app for reopening development workspaces without reconstructing the same terminals, folders, ports, and browser URLs by hand.

Problem

Local development work has a lot of repeated setup friction:

  • open this folder
  • start this command
  • check this port
  • open this health URL
  • remember which process owns the port
  • check whether the repo is dirty

Dev Launchpad turns that into a YAML-backed control panel.

Current Capabilities

The public README describes a portable Windows executable plus source-run path. It stores launch definitions in local YAML, starts selected apps, checks ports and HTTP health endpoints, shows basic Git state, and preserves malformed YAML rather than overwriting it.

What This Demonstrates

  • Practical Windows tooling
  • Local configuration as an operator surface
  • Developer ergonomics grounded in real repeated work
  • Small app scope with clear safety notes