[gruez]

>mean I use vs code daily and don't think it's any less "snappy" than a native app

it's objectively worse.

https://pavelfatin.com/images/typing/editor-latency-windows-...

https://pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure/

atom (electron based editor) has the highest latency of all. VSCode isn't listed but here's a benchmark by a random github user: https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7a5b91ed14a0173f861b8478c...