diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5fa9ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+Checks: '*,-fuchsia-*,-google-*,-zircon-*,-abseil-*,-modernize-use-trailing-return-type,-llvm-*,-llvmlibc-*'
+CheckOptions: [{ key: misc-non-private-member-variables-in-classes, value: IgnoreClassesWithAllMemberVariablesBeingPublic }]
+WarningsAsErrors: ''
+HeaderFilterRegex: ''
+FormatStyle: none
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 4fd8967..20cc7f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ jobs:
   jobs_matrix:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-14, windows-2022]
-        build_type: [Debug, Release]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-14]
+        build_type: [Debug]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpp-linter.yaml b/.github/workflows/cpp-linter.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05ceb27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cpp-linter.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: cpp-linter
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths: ['**.cpp', '**.hpp', '**CMakeLists.txt', '**.cmake']
+  push:
+    paths: ['**.cpp', '**.hpp', '**CMakeLists.txt', '**.cmake']
+
+jobs:
+  cpp-linter:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: cpp-linter/cpp-linter-action@main
+        id: linter
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          style: file
+          files-changed-only: false
+          thread-comments: false
+          ignore: build
+
+      - name: Fail fast?!
+        if: steps.linter.outputs.checks-failed != 0
+        run: |
+          echo "some linter checks failed"
+          echo "total checks-failed: ${{ steps.linter.outputs.checks-failed }}"
+          echo "clang-tidy checks-failed: ${{ steps.linter.outputs.clang-tidy-checks-failed }}"
diff --git a/app-qtwidget/src/MainWindow.cpp b/app-qtwidget/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 5c1aa6a..9a52b72 100644
--- a/app-qtwidget/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/app-qtwidget/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow( QWidget* parent )
     connect( &m_timer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &MainWindow::cycle );
     connect( ui->actionOpen_ROM, &QAction::triggered, this, &MainWindow::selectRomFile );
 
+    int a = 10;
+
     m_timer.start( 1 );
 }