I hear what you're saying, as I regularly run up against the rough edges of emacs too, but buffers and org-mode are absolute gamechangers for me and my producti

I hear what you're saying, as I regularly run up against the rough edges of emacs too, but buffers and org-mode are absolute gamechangers for me and my productivity. I have ADHD, so not being able to switch between active files/tabs/whatever + my TODO list at lightning speed + having to constantly use the mouse devastates my productivity. That's to speak nothing of the embrace-extend-extinguish behaviors Microsoft has been exhibiting in its development of VS Code -- e.g., deprecating their open source, editor-agnostic Python language server in favor of a proprietary, closed-source VSCode-only server[1]. I regularly update and play around with VSCode in an effort to keep an open min, but frankly I haven't found it to offer anything worth the trouble + spiritual taint (I'm saying this sort of tongue in cheek!) of switching [1] https://github.com/microsoft/pylance-release/issues/4 https://github.com/microsoft/pylance-release/issues/4