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by citizenpaul 2 hours ago
That's because VS Code is hiding everything behind a bunch of non-real-time tricks of perception. Zed is giving you actual real-time feedback.

"Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give real-time data."

The overwhelming majority of the population cannot perceive anything over 90 Hz. Those that can are overwhelmingly skewed towards under 30 years old. Fighter pilots have a floor of something like 200hz for an idea of how rare it is. Just fun info.

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> The overwhelming majority of the population cannot perceive anything over 90 Hz

This isn’t true. Unless you’re saying I’m some kind of fighter pilot at 35!

As I've aged, my ability to see tiny text has diminished, but I can still see 60Hz vs 120Hz perfectly well.
I personally avoid Visual Studio Code as much as possible due to the scroll latency, so I think it is noticeable as long as you know what to look for.