every now and then i change things up and explore the field. textmate -> sublime -> vim -> emacs -> idea -> (now) vscode.

i really want to like emacs, i think it's probably the most productive environment if you sink a thousand hours into fiddling with your configs and get things just right for yourself but ultimately it's a breath of fresh air when most stuff just works out of the box and your config is just bunch of checkboxes and simple text fields (or json). i've tried spacemacs and i've tried writing my own config - none of it is even close to how quickly you can get comfortable and productive in atom/vscode, even if the productivity ceiling is (maybe) lower than that of emacs.

i'm in constant cognitive dissonance about electron apps. atom and vscode are just incredibly good projects.