I have not used an IDE since I ditched Turbo Pascal in middle school, but now I am at a place where everyone and their mother uses VS Code and so I’m giving it a shot.
The thing is, I’m finding the “just works” mantra is not true at all. Nothing is working out of the box. And then for each separate extension I have to figure out how to fix it. Or I just give up and circumvent it by using the terminal.
What’s even the point then?
IDK maybe its a matter of getting used to something new, but I was doing fine with just vim and tmux.
vscode is bloated, switch to emacs
emacs is bloated, switch to vim
vim is bloated, switch to vi
vi is bloated, switch to ed
ed is bloated, switch to cat
on-topic
No, I don’t use vscode, I use mg (tiny emacs-like editor, lighter than nvi) and ed
If you’re already comfy with vim, don’t switch. If anything, I encourage you to try even more minimal editors.