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Discussion on: Why I Deleted My IDE; and How It Changed My Life For the Better

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Matthew Orndoff • Edited

Seems like it was a good choice for your specific circumstances.

I started programming using the commandline, so IDEs seemed cumbersome and dumb to me when I first encountered them. That is, until I realized IDEs are really just a bunch convenient abstractions over the set of commands and routines I was already running through the commandline.

Given how often you switch contexts though, your decision makes sense.