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>[performance problem involving software having ten million layers of abstraction and running a full web browser engine (read: second OS) just to type some characters]

>Maybe get a better computer?

thanks i almost forgot i was on HN for a second there

Get a better computer? - to run a text editor? That's funny :)

My machine is a 16GB i7-4930K. It's no slouch, unlike the startup time for VS code.

I can't be waiting 2 seconds for my text editor to load, when i have one that loads instantly.

The whole point of notepad.exe and notepad++ is that its super fast.

>My VS Code loads in like <2 seconds.

Two seconds is eternity for text editor.

VS Code is more than a text editor. You're repeating a meme.

It is, but discussion was about replacing notepad, not some IDE.