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    Vim > VSCode (lemmy.world)
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    [–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 62 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    The best thing about Vim is that despite having all the features of a modern IDE it starts in 0.1s and you can start editing right away while the code data is loading asynchronously.

    The worst thing about Vim is that... just kidding, there's nothing bad about it.

    [–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Vscode I'm always like all right let's code... Ah shit, the "what's new" window has popped up again in the middle of my typing...

    [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

    I never close my IDE or reboot. Problem solved.

    [–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago

    Also had to update virtually every time I touched it and half the time those updates would break it so I had to reinstall. I didn't use it on a daily basis or anything and it's been a few years so maybe they fixed that but it's why I don't currently use it (along with the fact that it's a microsoft product and I'm trying to stay away from all their shit as much as possible).

    [–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

    People meme about β€œq!” but it is super helpful to have that extra step, because sometimes your fingers are moving faster than your brain is. That quick switch back-n-forth vim - gcc - ./a.out loop and my probably ADHD mean that vim saying, β€œhey, remember you haven’t saved this yet” is a godsend.

    You are right about the best part about vim - you can work as fast you type.

    [–] nialv7@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

    0.1s is way too long, you need to optimize your startup time. /s

    [–] Flipper@feddit.org 9 points 3 days ago

    There also IDEs that start instantly.

    They don't ship a whole browser though.

    [–] silverlose@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    It’s a trade off for sure. I think the area editors like Vim totally win in is when you need to ssh into a server and edit something. I think it will always exist because of this use case

    [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

    I can ssh in with Krusader and edit from Krusader's GUI editor. I would probably still do it from the terminal because it's faster, but it's good to have more than one way to do things.

    [–] freely1333@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago

    Is it bad that vscode is my favorite ssh client