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

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Peter Witham

I tried so hard to get along with Atom. For me, the configuration difficulty was not the biggest issue but it certainly was one, for me the biggest problem was speed. It just never felt fast enough.

If I remember it correctly, Atom and VS Code are both built atop Electron?

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Jonathan Apodaca

Yes, both are built on Electron.

Every time somebody on Reddit brings up how "Electron apps are slow and bloated", I like to think about how well-implemented software (VSCode) can work despite its constrained environment.

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Peter Witham

I feel that Microsoft has done an outstanding job of showing how well an Electron-based app can run by way of VS Code when done right.