> it's cheaper than IntelliJ I hear this argument regularly, which is confusing when IntelliJ is free? It _has_ a paid version, but in the ~7 years that my emp

> it's cheaper than IntelliJ I hear this argument regularly, which is confusing when IntelliJ is free? It _has_ a paid version, but in the ~7 years that my employer was paying for the Ultimate Edition, I never once used any of them. > is more resource efficient believe it or not Sure, anecdotally this does seem to be true (by the fact that I can have VS Code and Factorio open at the same time :P ). But the way you hear VS Code fans rave about it, you'd think there are oodles of extra functionality, not just "it's a little more efficient, but not so as you'd notice during the work day".