So VS Code isn't just slow and bloated, it also deletes your files. So glad I was turned off by its excessive memory consumption and deleted it before it deleted my files.

Edit: also why I only ever used git from the command line, I never found a git UI that is easy to understand, and never trusted them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

VS Code slow and bloated? Someone hasn't been spending nearly enough time in IntelliJ

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Two things can be right at the same time. I remember when I used to run VS6, IE and WinAmp in 128MB with KBs to spare. Even today, proper VS is a much better product than VSCode while being a full fledged IDE and not just a glorified text editor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Vscode is an ide

If vs6 is so great, feel free to use it

It's also about productivity, Notepad uses less ram, but is not productive. This runs fine on any machine really

And the point of ram is to be used.. You can't check the ram usage and simply assume it's bloated, because most apps also cache too. RAM is meant to be used

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

It's really not slow or bloated. There's a reason it's so popular (even in Linux)

If it's running slow, maybe it's time to check your computer....

I literally had to use it to load 100 git projects simultaneously recently

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

No it doesn't delete your files. Hombre from the post told it to delete his files and was then shocked when it did. It even warns you that it's about to delete your files. Then on top of that, post person wasn't even using source control, so they can't get their files back. Don't mess with the source control options if you're not using source control. Don't just randomly click buttons without reading, if your project files are super critical. Don't only have a single version of your entire project in a single place on one computer. This person obviously has no idea what they're doing, which is fine, but they don't belong anywhere near a 5000 file project.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

should have at least had the decency to send them to the trash instead of outright deleting, this is just good and sane design

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Why? There's a full git log of the files. It's trivial to get them back. That brings us to the "don't use the source control tab if you're not using source control" point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Try gitui, it's a great way to get a quick diff in a tmux split.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You think VS Code is slow and bloated? What do you use?

Also, on several occasions I've had VS Code help me recover accidentally deleted files, because the editor keeps the file in memory, regardless of if it disappears on disk (like most editors).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What do you use?

Either an IDE like Visual Studio or Xcode or a text editor like Notepad++, Vim or nano, it depends. I also use Android Studio but I hate it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You think VS Code is bloated and you use Visual Studio and Xcode?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

One is a glorified text editor, the other two are proper IDEs.