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Sublime got completely destroyed in a single year by...an electron app (VSCODE). Chew on that. While at it I'm going to let you know why: features, open platfor

by chimen 5y ago

Sublime got completely destroyed in a single year by...an electron app (VSCODE). Chew on that. While at it I'm going to let you know why: features, open platform, plugins, ecosystem and integration. I've been a Sublime user and now I don't even have it installed any more. They share the same fate with TextMate.

Yoric 5y ago
On the other hand, VSCode won largely by being much faster than most of the competition. Anyway, the author wanted to write a desktop app in Rust. What's the issue with that? A few years ago, we'd have the same but "written in JS", "written in Ruby", "written in Python", ... I agree that it's more important for the author than for the end-users, of course.
- chimen 5y ago
bennyp101 5y ago
That seems like a big statement, I still use ST - albeit not for everyday work (I shifted to JetBrains tools), but if I want to knock up a quick script then I will > subl file.ext to quickly knock something up. If I have big files to open, or I want to do some text manipulation, then ST is what I reach for. "Completely destroyed" is a bit much, maybe shifted to a different use-case for some people, but for a quick editor that offers a pretty damn good environment to work in I think it still has its place.
foxhill 5y ago
ok, i’m glad you’ve found an editor that better suits your needs. remember, this is a preference, not a competition. personally, i much prefer the responsiveness & lower memory footprint of sublime, and couldn’t tolerate trading those off for features in atom/code. maybe this is just the new vim/emacs war :)
- chimen 5y ago
  What do you mean it's not a competition? They are fighting for your AppStore, for the same spot, for your attention. Sublime has pricing, Microsoft has...other interests. I would have loved for Sublime to win here but it lost. Sure there are still users of it but let's not debate here. All youtube videos and pictures I see lately from programmers are using VsCode. In fact, I haven't seen a single Sublime open in a video tutorial for over 2-3 years now. It's not even funny. Speed is important but not when we talk about a second (I'm generous here).
power78 5y ago
Yeah not sure about that. I purchased ST recently and because VS Code is so slow.

by chimen 5y ago

Yoric 5y ago

On the other hand, VSCode won largely by being much faster than most of the competition. Anyway, the author wanted to write a desktop app in Rust. What's the issue with that? A few years ago, we'd have the same but "written in JS", "written in Ruby", "written in Python", ... I agree that it's more important for the author than for the end-users, of course.

chimen 5y ago

bennyp101 5y ago

That seems like a big statement, I still use ST - albeit not for everyday work (I shifted to JetBrains tools), but if I want to knock up a quick script then I will > subl file.ext to quickly knock something up. If I have big files to open, or I want to do some text manipulation, then ST is what I reach for. "Completely destroyed" is a bit much, maybe shifted to a different use-case for some people, but for a quick editor that offers a pretty damn good environment to work in I think it still has its place.

foxhill 5y ago

ok, i’m glad you’ve found an editor that better suits your needs. remember, this is a preference, not a competition. personally, i much prefer the responsiveness & lower memory footprint of sublime, and couldn’t tolerate trading those off for features in atom/code. maybe this is just the new vim/emacs war :)

chimen 5y ago
What do you mean it's not a competition? They are fighting for your AppStore, for the same spot, for your attention. Sublime has pricing, Microsoft has...other interests. I would have loved for Sublime to win here but it lost. Sure there are still users of it but let's not debate here. All youtube videos and pictures I see lately from programmers are using VsCode. In fact, I haven't seen a single Sublime open in a video tutorial for over 2-3 years now. It's not even funny. Speed is important but not when we talk about a second (I'm generous here).

power78 5y ago

Yeah not sure about that. I purchased ST recently and because VS Code is so slow.