Paul Armstrong 3/2/2024

Code editors are very personal

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The author reflects on their deeply personal history with code editors, from Windows Notepad and BBEdit to TextMate, Sublime Text, and finally VSCode. They argue that a code editor should be a focused tool, not a full IDE, and detail their struggles to configure each editor to their minimalist preferences. The article explores the trade-offs between simplicity, speed, and features, and the practical reasons (like tooling and team collaboration) that eventually forced a switch to VSCode.

Code editors are very personal

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