I along with many of my fellow engineers use Atom everyday and love it. Sure it has some shortcomings but if anything this retrospective from the Atom team shows that they're trying to address those shortcomings at a rapid clip.
I love that it's an entirely open source system and that it is written in the accessible Javascript language so that anyone can contribute. I love that I feel like I can change any aspect of the editor fully, without limitations imposed by some vendor.
Atom, like any editor, is not for everybody. I don't care much for Sublime but it certainly has its strengths- I don't pounce on HN posts about Sublime spouting negativity because it's not my preferred editor.
Please, fellow engineers, before you post something negative think about a project you've worked on that you were most passionate about and cared most about and then remember that projects like Atom do require passionate developers and those developers likely deserve a bit more than snark or non-constructive negativity.
Thank you Atom contributors! I think the idea and ongoing evolution of Atom is a special project and I hope to one day make some contribution of my own, in some form, to the core or plugins!