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by reaperducer 1096 days ago
VSCode is a good tool, but it’s unbearably slow

The funny thing is that the reason I and many other people switched to VSCode is that it used to be so speedy.

I sometimes wonder how much of its decrease in speed over the last few years is due to feature bloat (which it seems to have in spades) and relying on hobbyists, who have less incentive to optimize, to fill out the plug-in ecosystem.

I moved my personal projects to Nova, and it's screamingly fast. But I still have to use VS for work, and even though I only have four plug-ins, the difference is like pouring water, versus pouring honey.
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IceSentry 1096 days ago
If vscode slowed down for you it might mean you installed too many extensions.

Personally it feels just as fast or faster than before. Especially with things like the mentioned bracket colorizer beinf built in compared to the extension I was previously using.

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reaperducer 1095 days ago
As I stated, I have four plug-ins.

If VSCode can't handle four plug-ins, it isn't fit for purpose.

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