What machine are you running your terminals in? I have as little as 8 GB of RAM, and more CPU power than I could dream a decade ago. Don't you think that maybe

What machine are you running your terminals in? I have as little as 8 GB of RAM, and more CPU power than I could dream a decade ago. Don't you think that maybe you are using your past environment to judge a current experience? Visual Studio Code is based on Electron and works wonderfully. Doesn't feel bloated, it's quite fast to open and I haven't felt a slow down in any meaningful way. I'm not imposing my computer specs to anyone (and I'm using vs code in a client machine in any case), but we have generally a lot more horsepower now and the discussion of performance might mean little for a desktop app (heck, we are running javascript on the server nowadays!).