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by pedalpete 3592 days ago
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.
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cyberferret 3591 days ago
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.

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pedalpete 3591 days ago
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.
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cyberferret 3591 days ago
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.

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WayneBro 3590 days ago
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.

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skrowl 3591 days ago
The enterprise world is a bit different, at least here in the USA. Windows and .NET are king here.
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bitmapbrother 3591 days ago
You must work in an alternative universe where .net is king in the enterprise.
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