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by dev_l1x_be 77 days ago
Not op but there is a lot of details about VS code including electron that could have been done better.
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yurishimo 77 days ago
VS Code is one of the most performant electron apps ever written. Extensions and plugins are always the culprit of poor performance.
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hu3 77 days ago
That can be said about any project.

And VSCode as been improving since inception, hence why it ate a large pie of the market.

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dev_l1x_be 77 days ago
I think the exact opposite, this why alternatives like Zed is taking off.
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hu3 77 days ago
Did Zed fix font rendering on low dpi resolution yet? I figured if they couldn't fix such a basic functionality for any editor, for over a year, while pushing AI to please stakeholders, they weren't worth my time. And I question their priorities even if they finally fixed it.

And did they implement debugger support?

When I need a barebones editor I reach for Sublime which doesn't market themselves as something else.

As for Zed taking off, I see a lot of vocals in some niche communities but they barely register, if at all, in large annual surveys.

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