Hi, @smaurstad - thanks for the “recipe” to Install VScode & Install CURL and node, it will be added to the Windows Dev and Setup: Recommendations and Best Practices
Let me also address your comment
Here is another relevant quote: Apple reveals Windows 10 is four times more popular than the Mac.
Realizing that a vast majority of Windows computers are not used by software developers, there are still more developers using Windows than macOS. Think about all developers employed by large banks, government agencies, etc where the Windows environment is prescribed.
The most important fact in this discussion that in the context of JavaScript-based, software development, the developer is almost completely insulated from the native OS, so unless you are working on improvements to the V8 JavaScript engine, it is very unusual to use the native OS API 
The reason for @thedavid’s plea to pay more attention to Windows computers as the platform for RedwoodJS development tools is really none of the above - it comes from the fact that the Windows platform is a lot less well documented (better to say that the description of how to use JavaScript tools on Windows platform needs improvement).
It is finally worth mentioning that there are a few RedwoodJS core developers, who work on a very ambitious RedwoodJS framework integration with VSCode - and that is most safe to do on Windows, at least at the moment