[polskibus]

I think the only way to beat vs code at this point is to implement IDE in a native language without GC. VSCode , eclipse etc can be very sluggish on large-ish projects, slow downs accumulate with code base size growth leading to usability problems, slow autocompletion etc.

[xendke]

I think part of the reason why VSCode is popular is because of how extensible it is. Also, the fact that it's built around JS makes it accessible to more people which means more extensions for example.

[jjuel]

So you mean Sublime Text? (Yes I understand it isn't open source)

[_benj]

For some reason I'm able to find plugins for what I need in VSCode but not for Sublime :(

I really really like Sublime Text and own a license, but the lack of plugins or outdated one (only available for ST2?) makes it less than optimal for my daily driver

[benibela]

But that is how IDEs used to be. vim, kdevelop, qt creator, texstudio, ...