[ysavir]

> These features are now available in all common text editors.

It's not just a matter of whether they're available, it's a matter of whether it's a fair expectation.

I've been developing for a decade and never found that I'm "missing out on many other arguably essential tools". Typically I'm as productive or more productive than my peers.

I get that you think usage of these features is a fair expectation. Can you provide your argument for why you think that's a fair expectation?

[solidasparagus]

Working with code as if it is raw text is strictly inferior to working with code as raw text + AST. If that’s how you want to work, that’s fine, but it’s probably not good to choose your team's technologies because you want to work at that lower lever of abstraction.

[dathanb82]

> Typically I’m as productive or more productive than my peers.

This seems like a case of assuming the conclusion, tho. Whether a text editor-based workflow is as productive as an IDE-based workflow when avoiding feature that advantage the IDE doesn’t impact on whether the IDE-favoring features are valuable enough to adopt and assume everyone has access to.