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All "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? Be
by laurent123456 5y ago
All "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)