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VSCode is only on the rise because alternatives are really bad. Meanwhile, it offers good defaults, and decent latency on modern hardware but for me it is just a glorified syntax highlighter.

VSCode becoming so popular should not tell us it is a great product, but that most modern alternatives suck.

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So almost as if it's a relatively good product when compared with the alternatives

It is sad when all the alternatives are the same problems.

I want low latency and very very fast browsing through pages of code. Sublime text wasn't so bad, with support for VI bindings. But it did not offer more than just opening VI.

I lost most hope for innovation there.

I will stick to the terminal until something serious arrives.

So no software should ever get any credit, just because they are doing a better job than their competitors?

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