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Hence why Visual Studio Code destroyed the editor world. As an editor it was nothing special at all; at that time it was just intellisense that blew it up IMO.
by threatofrain 6y ago
Hence why Visual Studio Code destroyed the editor world. As an editor it was nothing special at all; at that time it was just intellisense that blew it up IMO. People were willing to eat non-native solely for intellisense.
By now VSC has developed a moat with their incredible velocity for delivering new features, like voice chat, shared sessions, git + docker + debugger integration, etc.
By the time Nova came out they looked incredibly behind. The front page advertising their app looks cluttered with catch-up features.
- zepto 6y agoThis is all true, but VSCode also had a lot of money thrown at it in terms of Microsoft paying multiple teams of developers. That is what nova couldn’t compete with.
- asien 6y agoI remember Monaco , the actual Editor inside VS Code being developed while I was in my first year of Computing Software Bachelor. 3 years later they released VS Code Alpha. They spent millions on it.
- threatofrain 6y agoMillions in 3 years could mean less than 5 engineers. Don’t startups typically put more ambition into their bets?
- zepto 6y agoIt has been way more than that. (Based on conversations with a team member)
- asien 6y agoLarge Corporation are not startups. Teams in enterprise don’t have the freedom to innovate the same way startups do. 5 people for something that could never see the light , even in a multi billion dollar , was very risky and lot of money. Obviously it’s now 1000% recouped.