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Sublime text is what notepad++ wished to be. There are many tasks that do not require a full IDE, not even vscode and sublime just works. Always, consistently, reliably works, is fast and a joy to use.

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If you're using AI to write code, IDE features don't really seem that important anymore.

cool. and if you're not?

Otherwise, jumping back and forth while you're reading the code is a real pain.

Also, LSP can turn Sublime Text into almost an IDE (but much more performant).

Sublime Text's implementation of LSP is the buggiest and clunkiest I have used in a text editor

Sublime is an editor I trust to leave open at all times, no matter what.

But, Helix lsp integration and shortcuts is really excellent, and much better than anything else IMO.

>Sublime text is what notepad++ wished to be.

Nonsense statement, Notepad++ has always been superior in every metric

Objectively, Notepad++ is inferior at cross-platform support. Subjectively, I don't like that the creator of Notepad++ uses the software itself as a platform for his politics. In either case, I prefer Sublime.

Notepad++ is like if Word 98 and IrfanView had a baby, a baby who updates twice a week. No disrespect to any of them, but having a clean interface and killer performance was never their claim to fame.

Are you kidding me!? You can have hundreds, even thousands of tabs of files of any size open in Np++, close without saving, and yet get back instantly on the same session when you start it up next time. Notepad++ is literally faster than Microsoft's own native Notepad, let alone Sublime Text. Even 50GB csv files open instantly in Np++.

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