> It's a significant indictment of the technology Yes, it is; much more so an indictment of the stack than Atom itself. > didn't care about performance Perha

> It's a significant indictment of the technology Yes, it is; much more so an indictment of the stack than Atom itself. > didn't care about performance Perhaps; I can see why they would prioritize features over performance. > Atom is just a textbook example of how not to write software. I disagree. I very much feel that Atom is about demonstrating an archetypal 'desktop application', like a text editor, in Electron. And Electron is about coding in HTML/JS/CSS, albeit currently it's backed by a entire shrinkwrapped Chromium, which means you're essentially stuck inside a particular browser and inherit all of its performance characteristics. It's the Electron stack that must prove that it's viable in the long-term, but it's possible that Atom will catch a lot of the flak instead.