Using Atom is just pure pain, though the pain goes away fast once you stop using it.
What pain are you experiencing? Im using it often and dont have any problems.
Well, it is just slow: bigger the code base / longer it runs, the more clearer this becomes. I used Atom for ~6 months, until I had enough and switched to sublimetext about 4 months ago.
Atom has been awesome for me for JS and Rust, and that's after being a years-long user of IntelliJ products (and vim -- but I don't ever truly ditch vim).
I was always taught that if you don't have anything nice to say...