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The bloating cycle should merit its own xkcd comic I guess. VS Code was specifically successful because it was perceived as much less bloated then IDEs, yet muc
by sharikous 5y ago
The bloating cycle should merit its own xkcd comic I guess. VS Code was specifically successful because it was perceived as much less bloated then IDEs, yet much more user friendly than most editors. Now we hear complaints that it is bloated. What will be next?
- GhettoComputers 5y agoEmacs isn’t slow
- laurent123456 5y agoAll "lightweight", "fast" shiny new things are so because they have plenty of missing features. But anyway is it a widespread opinion that VSCode is bloated? Because for me at least it feels fast, especially considering all its features.
- vidarh 5y agoA challenge is that we tend to have roughly the same 80 percent point for things like editors, but all want different sets of features for the remaining 20. You then either end up with bloat or extensibility/plugins, or both.
- agumonkey 5y agoVSCode is bloated [0]. I ran a fresh install on a 1st gen i5, it couldn't process keyboard input on an empty file above 4 char per sec. Levels of lag my brain couldn't remember (and I'm a hp48g lover.. not known for zero latency). [0] That was last year, so maybe it was a buggy release (doubt it) or maybe they made big improvements since (possible)