[cyberferret]

You know, if 10 years ago someone had bet me that one day Microsoft would be the darling of the startup world, mainly for their embracing of the open source community and the linux movement, for supporting development on Apple devices, and for a kick a editor... I would have plonked down a wad of cash while laughing hard at them.

And I would have lost a lot of cash...

The ONLY reason I still use Safari on my Mac is to do web debugging of my hybrid (Ionic) apps. If I can do it all within VS Code, then it has just become my best argument to complete my triple jump from Sublime -> Atom -> VS Code.

[pedalpete]

Darling of the start-up world is probably a bit much. I see very few developers running any Microsoft tools, and they still slag Microsoft for quality (which I have to admit is somewhat an issue still).

I think they are taking some good steps, some missteps, and it will be another generation before the early days of microsoft are forgotten.

[cyberferret]

Point taken, but you have to admit that the surge from Atom (which was the darling of startups everywhere) to VS Code in the past few months has been a stampede.

I never really had issues with Atom until co-incidentally today, when I had to open a large log file, and Atom kept crashing without being able to open it. VS Code opened it in 2 seconds and I could scroll around it blitzingly fast.

Given that both are built on the Electron engine, I have to say the VS Code seems like it has been architected better to handle large files.

[pedalpete]

Actually, I didn't know there had been a surge to VS Code. I haven't noticed anybody at my work using it except for me. Lots of Atom around, but maybe the winds are changing.

[cyberferret]

I am just going by my totally unscientific analysis of HN posts lately. Almost any thread talking about Atom updates or announcements seem to be flooded with "Oh, I've switched to VS Code and it is better..." type comments.

As opposed to about 12 months ago when most Sublime or editor threads were peppered with "Have you seen Atom? It's the antz pantz..." stuff.

[WayneBro]

They're no darling, but many startups are using TypeScript. VS Code and TypeScript are the 2 Microsoft technologies that I see praised often on HN.

HN and the Silicon Valley startup world live in a bubble though. A much, much larger group of people outside of that bubble are depending on Microsoft tech and no startup is going to replace that. The new Apple couldn't even do it.

[skrowl]

The enterprise world is a bit different, at least here in the USA. Windows and .NET are king here.

[bitmapbrother]

You must work in an alternative universe where .net is king in the enterprise.