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Discussion on: Is there a future for the Atom editor?

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Jaaki

I really loved Atom. It was my favourite editor for a while, beautiful and fast. But it didn't stay that way. It became a bloated mess, which made me switch over to VSCode as it was light and fast.
I'm seeing the same pattern developing with VSCode now. New features are being crammed in every other day.
The first signs of that bloated feeling has emerged in VSCode, much like those signs I saw in Atom just before the switch.

So has the time come to start looking for a new again?...

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Jonathan Apodaca

The thing is, even as more features are added, it is still zippier than, say, WebStorm (at least for me).

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Jaaki

Oh yes, definitely.

Personally I don't really like full blown IDEs, I prefer middle weight editors with "just enough" features and super snappy responsiveness.