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> I’m intrigued—what’s your setup? Quite often it's vim/emacs with a crazy collection of plugins and custom-written scripts where the most powerful tool is a f
by troupo 2y ago
> I’m intrigued—what’s your setup?
Quite often it's vim/emacs with a crazy collection of plugins and custom-written scripts where the most powerful tool is a fuzzy search.
Surprisingly few people know what an actual powerful IDE can even do.
- toprerules 2y agoIncorrect, many of them do, and make the determination that a few nice to have features doesn't outweigh the cost, lock in, and incongruence with the use of open source software where possible. I know several world class developers who have invented corner stone technologies that use text editors without any plugins and just run the compiler in a separate window. It turns out that you actually are not held back by not having your hand held by an IDE, it was just a skill issue.
- troupo 2y ago> Incorrect, many of them do, Most of the time in these discussions it's revealed that no, they don't. The rest is a non-sequitur Edit: Oh. You don't know either https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43917174 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43917174
- the__alchemist 2y agoThis gives me the impression that you are speaking about something you don't have tacit experience with.