[mattl]

I'm curious if a native editor like Panic's Nova or BBEdit would work better than a Java or Electron app?

[bluish29]

Bbedit is a a lightweight editor compared to Intellij IDE. It is hard to compare both as they are on the same foot. But yes, if you can work with BBedit on a project go for it.

On the same note, sublime will still win editor performance competition on Mac and probably all platforms.