How long does it take to open is not the meaningful metric; what matters is what happens afterwards. And yes, most Electron apps do get sluggish under load: Sp

How long does it take to open is not the meaningful metric; what matters is what happens afterwards. And yes, most Electron apps do get sluggish under load: Spotify is alright for adding the first 20 songs; then searching >> adding to playlist takes twice as long; then triple that, and then it's downright unusable. "But 90% of the time it's fine...". Ok, but that didn't used to be the case with mediamonkey on a Pentium III, or did it? VS Code is perfectly fine if you're being sensible: you're editing a dozen files in a single project. It's not not so fine if you've got 12 files open on three different projects, or you're sharing your screen, or you've never closed the editor for a couple days. It's being built with care, for sure, and yet you do feel the load, you do have to take resources into account, you have to be responsible. Do I need to Invest on higher end machine for the purpose of Editing Text Files? There are times on Emacs when I suddenly realize I've opened a hundred, 150 buffers, simply because I've never felt any load. And Emacs is the heavy one! Sublime was the first editor I used "for real", and it was absolutely awesome. I switched to VS Code for all its shiny features and started to think that yes, it had its sluggish moments, but it simply saved too much time, it was way too efficient to leave. Well, it isn't. Lightweight tools have an steeper curve, but they draw no boundaries for you, they don't hold any usage agenda; they do, in a way, set you free.