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by nickjj 2654 days ago
> In a world where VSCode runs on electron is there even room for this discussion anymore?

Opening a 1.5mb markdown file with VSCode idles an i5 3.2ghz quad core at 50%+ CPU and uses 800mb of RAM with only a few extensions loaded.

Also the input latency while typing in an empty file with no extensions is substantially higher than apps using other UI frameworks.

I think there's plenty of room for discussion, especially considering that VSCode is over the top optimized compared to most other Electron apps (which are WAY WAY worse than VSCode).