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Why isn't there a decently done code editor with VSCode level features but none of the spyware garbage? Any recommendations? This seems like an easy win for a
by max_ 1y ago
Why isn't there a decently done code editor with VSCode level features but none of the spyware garbage?
Any recommendations?
This seems like an easy win for a software project
- dmead 1y agoEmacs still exists
- userbinator 1y agoSo does vi.
- JLO64 1y agoAs does Neovim
- dotancohen 1y agoEmacs is great, sure, but it lacks a decent text editor.
- reaperducer 1y agoWhy isn't there a decently done code editor with VSCode level features but none of the spyware garbage? Isn't that what VS Codium is for?
- max_ 1y agoVSCodium I think was abandoned. It was extremely buggy last time I used it. Either way it uses electron. Which I hate so much.
- reaperducer 1y agoVSCodium I think was abandoned. Sad to hear that. I really enjoyed VS Codium before I jumped full-time into Nova. (Unsolicited plug: If you're looking for a Mac-native IDE, and your needs aren't too out-of-the-ordinary, Nova is worth a try. If nothing else, it's almost as fast as a TUI, and the price is fair.)
- mibsl 1y agoIt seems actively maintained, latest build on Flathub is from 3 hours ago.
- viraptor 1y agoIt's not abandoned https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/commits/master/ https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/commits/master/
- dijit 1y agoBecause someone has to fund it? Microsoft is content with funding it, the price is your telemetry (for now). For high quality development tools I use true FOSS; or I pay for my tools to avoid not knowing where the value is being extracted.
- benbristow 1y agoI thought with VS Code the price is that it entices you into using Azure, where the enterprise big bucks are made.
- not_a_bot_4sho 1y ago> Microsoft is content with funding it, the price is your telemetry (for now). The price of VSCode is halo effect for Azure products
- bsder 1y agoThe price of VSCode is the lockin on the proprietary extensions. Specifically: the remote code extension, the C/C++ extension and the Python extension.
- Sammi 1y agoI'm eying Zed. Unfortunately I am dependent on a VS Code extension for a web framework I use. VS Code might have gotten to a critical level of network effect with their extensions, which might make it extremely sticky.
- cyberax 1y ago> Why isn't there a decently done code editor with VSCode level features but none of the spyware garbage? JetBrains products. Can work fully offline and they don't send "telemetry" if you're a paying user: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/settings-usage-statistics.html#categories_of_collected_data https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/settings-usage-statisti...
- charcircuit 1y agoBecause telemtry is how you effectively make a decently done editor. If you don't have telemtry you will be likely lower quality and will be copying from other editors who are able to effectively build what users want.
- ThinkBeat 1y agoemacs.
- aniviacat 1y agoTheia IDE seems to meet those requirements.
- bsder 1y ago> Why isn't there a decently done code editor with VSCode level features but none of the spyware garbage? Because no other company was willing to spend enough money to reach critical mass other than Microsoft. VSCode became the dominant share of practically every language that it supported within 12-18 months of introduction. This then allowed things like the Language Server Protocol which only exists because Microsoft reached critical mass and could cram it down everybody's throat.
- degurechaff 1y agowell, to be fair, LSP is good gift.
- bsder 1y agoExcept that the LSP is now trapped in amber and cannot be evolved because it requires the agreement of Microsoft to change.
- slashdave 1y agoSo... there is a reason VSCode is popular