John Carmack uses an IDE all the time. Didn't seem to affect his productivity or ability to fix things at a very low level. In general I don't think the editor

John Carmack uses an IDE all the time. Didn't seem to affect his productivity or ability to fix things at a very low level. In general I don't think the editor really makes much difference. The article emphasises tools at a slightly higher level - more algorithmic. I think this is more important.