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In my experience, the electron overhead is relatively negligible compared to the ressource usage of the language servers. And zed seems to use the same language
by speedgoose 2y ago
In my experience, the electron overhead is relatively negligible compared to the ressource usage of the language servers. And zed seems to use the same language servers.
- Aeolun 2y agoIt is certainly true that the language servers have the same speed in Zed, but there is something to be said for just never suffering from any UI delay for any reason. Though I'll admit a LS that takes three seconds to respond is kinda indistinguishable from UI delay.
- cybrox 2y agoWhat kind of codebases do you work with? Other than with multi-MB files or thousands of multi-cursors, I've never had any performance issues with VS-Code. It's actually one of the fastest Electron apps, I would say. If I notice a delay, it's usually the language server or some support package's background command taking a bit of time.
- stavros 2y agoHow old is your computer? Some people have longer upgrade cycles than others.
- speedgoose 2y agoI remember that my computer in 2016 was already fast enough.
- cybrox 2y agoGranted, all of my machines are pretty new and powerful. Maybe performance is a lot worse on >5yo machines.
- drcongo 2y agoIf all you know is VS Code it probably feels fine and you should definitely not try Zed - "one of the fastest Electron apps" isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.
- hu3 2y agoSublime is faster still. If speed is your main concern.
- cybrox 2y agoI have used both unbearably slow IDEs like Visual Studio, Android Studio, Atmel Studio and very fast and lightweight editors like Notepad++ and Sublime Text. I don't have any issue with the speed of VS-Code on my machine and it feels the same as Sublime Text used to.
- eviks 2y agoHow does LSP affect the core editing functionality like "startup times, overall responsiveness"?