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I keep coming back to emacs. Used to have a custom .emacs.d I kept in github, but eventually just gave that up and went with spacemacs :) Employers that stand

by jcadam 5y ago

I keep coming back to emacs. Used to have a custom .emacs.d I kept in github, but eventually just gave that up and went with spacemacs :) Employers that standardize on a single IDE (e.g., enterprise Java shops and eclipse - blech) are always terrible places to work.

intrasight 5y ago
Me too - coming back to emacs. On a .net team now and everyone else uses VS. They'd like me too also but haven't really pressured. I'm curious why you went with spacemacs.
- jcadam 5y ago
  Mainly it gives me a "standard" config that's highly usable, easy to install, and that I no longer have to maintain myself :)
- foobarbaz33 5y ago
  Just curious. What Emacs features or 3rd party packages do you use for .NET development?
  - intrasight 5y ago
    just csharp-mode right now. I had played around with LSP and omnisharp this summer, but didn't really succeed. I'll try again over the holiday.
kstrauser 5y ago
At a previous job, I was happily working away on a large project when our VPEng ambled by. We had this conversation, and I swear I'm representing this honestly: VP: What editor is that? Me: That's Emacs. VP: Oh. Let's get you an IDE! Me: I have an IDE: Emacs. VP: I think you'd be more efficient with an IDE. Me: This is an IDE, and anyway, I've been using this for decades. VP: I think we can all be more efficient if we're using consistent tooling. Me: Are you happy with my work? Have I met my deadlines? VP: Yes... Me: Then don't fix it. I'm sticking with this. I was senior enough to get away with that. If I weren't, I'm sure I would've been stuck with whatever Eclipse-style thing he liked that year. Oh, this was the same VPEng that asked me when we should "upgrade from Python to Java". I don't think he loved me answer of "downgrade to Java? Never."