Notepad++ is great for handling config files and other miscellaneous files. I seldom use it to write code other than one-off Python scripts - that's VSCode's jo

Notepad++ is great for handling config files and other miscellaneous files. I seldom use it to write code other than one-off Python scripts - that's VSCode's job. But it's pretty great for inspecting and making light edits. It also has lightweight capabilities for regex search/replace, diffing, and other batch capabilities. And multiple tabs are great. If you map Notepad, Vim, Emacs, and heavyweight IDE's on a spectrum, I use Notepad++ as a replacement for Notepad and the simpler half of Vim/Emacs, and I use VSCode for the heavier half of Vim/Emacs and typical web dev, and I use heavyweight IDE's for heavyweight dev work (C#/Java/C++ mostly). > Who knows how you explain to your grandma over the phone how to add some IP address to her hosts file so she can see your development site. These days with how easy it is to load a container into a publicly accessible site, I feel like that's a solved problem in most cases?