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by PaulDavisThe1st 2290 days ago
big complex IDEs are almost never compute bound.

compilers are often compute bound (certainly on SSDs).

web servers are almost never compute bound.

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You severely underestimate JetBrains IDE.
any IDE that is compute bound should be thrown out, especially for a language that is never compiled.
One has to wonder about the carbon footprint of millions of developers running these monstrous IDEs.