I find IDEs cumbersome and bloated. It really depends what language you're writing, though. I don't know any Java programmers who can live outside their IDEs, a

I find IDEs cumbersome and bloated. It really depends what language you're writing, though. I don't know any Java programmers who can live outside their IDEs, and I don't know many C programmers who prefer anything other than a text editor and some terminal tools.