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Comment by giancarlostoro

6 days ago

I used to like VS Code, but something about it changed and it does not feel as snappy as it once did for me. Now I prefer Zed.

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pjmlp  6 days ago

Electron apps are seldom snappy, we use it, because some plugins aren't available anywhere else.

  • tracker1  5 days ago

    I mostly agree, that said, after VS Code starts, it runs pretty well. I almost didn't try it after Brackets and Atom as they were really slow. I haven't tried zed, so can't speak to it. VS Code was really just the first editor that I used with an integrated terminal and the directory tree. Just those two features made it a great fit for my workflow. I'm able to use the CLI to run/debug without leaving the editor, and/or run git commands from the terminal as well.