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VS Code is my fav piece of software of all time, it's an Electron app

• jamil7 5y ago
  Agreed it’s an excellent editor however it has a lot of engineering resources behind it and still suffers from sluggish performance, especially on startup.
  • speedgoose 5y ago
    It starts quickly on my laptops. What kind of hardware do you use ?
    • jamil7 5y ago
      Both an Intel and an M1 mac, it's especially noticeable on the newer machine as native apps open instantly, even Xcode, which is a pig seems to open quicker. Like I said it's a great editor and I use it when I need to do some Python or JS work (remote/ssh development functionality is especially nice) but I don't think it's immune from the resource argument against electron.
• thrower123 5y ago
  VS Code is the most frustrating piece of software I use, because it is very good, but it's UX is terrible because they refuse to make any allowances for native platform standards. I don't use it enough to have any of the hotkeys that aren't bog-standard memorized, and the refusal to add menu options or toolbar buttons makes discoverability really bad.
• vmladenov 5y ago
  VS Code is so sluggish that I’ve found myself spending more and more time in vim when Sublime Text isn’t an option.