I use windows as my primary Operating system. Besides, I use Linux via WSL.
We need to choose the right tools for making our life easier. Below are the tools, I mostly use for my development and maintaining my workflow.

Software

• IDE

  • PyCharm
  • Android Studio
  • Arduino
  • Anaconda
  • CodeBlocks

• Editor

  • Visual Studio code
  • Notepad ++
  • Sublime Text
  • QtCreator

• Git

• Browser

  • Firefox
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox Developer edition
    Languages, Build tools & Package Manager
  • C/C++ Build tools - Visual studio Core
  • Python
  • NPM (NodeJS)
  • Composer (PHP)
  • Postgresql, Pgadmin, Mongodb
  • XAMPP (Lately using laragon)
  • Lazarus (for freepascal - not using any longer)
  • Golang
  • JDK

• Charles Proxy - for network monitoring

• Docker

• SQLite manager, SQLite studio

• Hugo - for managing my site

• Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Ubuntu

• API testing: Postman/Insomnia

• MS Office

• Virtualbox

• Graphics

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Lunacy
  • Adobe XD
  • Figma
  • Adobe Dimension

• Fritzing : for arduino prototyping

Some other essential ones:

• putty
• Teamviewer
• VNC viewer
• Advanced IP scanner
• Advanced renamer
• vlc player
• 7-zip
• HexEditor
• CCleaner
• UltraISO
• Foxit reader
• Pandoc
• httrack

[!NOTE]
You can export the list of your installed software with powershell
Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Format-Table –AutoSize > InstalledPrograms-PS.txt