I’ve just finished by Bachelor thesis with this board, next step: use it as an quantum AI robot super computer 😂

In Swiss French we say « septante » (70) « huitante » (80) and « nonante » (90) which is better than counting by 20

You can find a lot of different dev boards with ESP32, like the one you mentioned. There is other with camera, e-paper screen drivers, smaller footprint (Xiao ESP32). The simplest way to program is using Arduino IDE, but I prefer using PlatformIO on VScode. GCC would work. The interface is with the USB port, which is used for COM port or for programming