I find Sublimes "power" features really useful for the tangential stuff. Getting a good look at a JSON object, preparing some mock data, preparing one-off data.

I find Sublimes "power" features really useful for the tangential stuff. Getting a good look at a JSON object, preparing some mock data, preparing one-off data. Basically everything that falls before the threshold of being worth automating or writing a script for. With multi-line edit and a couple of plugins you can do some "excel" like stuff without the overhead and with the simplicity that plain text brings.