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Light weight and electron in the same sentence?

Oh well.

Light weight has become a marketing term that targets software developers who have gotten sick of bloat and want their software to run fast and take less resources. It used to mean a trade-off between feature rich and speed. It's been so over-used now that i automatically ignore it unless there's demonstrated reason(s) for it being called light weight.

You’re right that "lightweight" is a loaded term. For this project, I don't mean a small memory footprint—after all, it's Electron.

What I’m aiming for is "lightweight" in terms of perceived performance and simplicity. I wanted to match the near-instant startup and the snappy typing feel of a basic text editor (like Notepad), while still having the Emacs keybindings I love.

By stripping away the heavy IDE-like features and focusing on core editor responsiveness, I'm trying to make it feel "light" for daily, quick tasks.

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