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Comment by ayayaweird | Hacker News Reader

I use VSCode sometimes, it’s very cool.

But emacs/vi pros are fucking fast. It looks like magic the first few times you see it (are u a wizard?) and for some it’s worth the learning curve.

i don't think so...vscode has been a bit hard for me to adopt

..because it doesn't have a good emacs keybinding.

In general, I find it kind of cluttered, and overwhelming. I definitely don't like that it's made by microsoft.

If i'm working on a big project, I don't see a reason not to use a jetbrains ide.

If i'm on something smaller, or just need to edit some text, it's much easier in emacs than vscode

I’ve been able to get decent Emacs like key bindings to work in VS Code but that’s never been my complaint. My complaint is just that every extension seems to want to show custom UI and even where they have a keyboard and text based workflow it’s wildly inconsistent with everything else. I just can’t… _be_ in VS Code, everything’s so jarring. In Emacs my code, my database client, my terminal, everything is just text in the same sort of buffer that supports the same sort of navigation and manipulation. VS Code’s community (or API) doesn’t seem to value this. Maybe the abstractions will come with time. Either way, good luck to them.

I don't even think you read the title.

Edit: Downvote me all you want. I'm not the one using VSCode to manage my emails!

VSCode is a common denominator. While enough for most, it doesn't do the job for everyone. There is nothing bad about it one way or another.

This is an article about productivity software, not editors. Emacs blows VSCode out of the water here.

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