[freedomben]

I'm a die-hard nvim/tmux/mosh user so take this with a grain of salt, but to answer your question, many people use their IDEs as project dashboards. For example (depending on the project/ecosystem):

1. GUI editor (for UI)

2. Debugging (as in standard debugging tools like breakpoints, REPLs, etc)

3. Building the project, and build management

4. A terminal emulator

5. A container orchestrator manager (or as I like to call it, an orchestrator orchestrator)

Personally I think those tools are better separted from the IDE, but there is a real convenience in having them integrated.