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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.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

everyone and their mother uses VS Code

This is usually a good reason to avoid something. Especially if that something comes from Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

Well it may absolutely suck, but they'll tell you

  • it's everywhere
  • once you learn a few tricks it's great
  • you'll get used to a non-intuitive macro and command setup
  • adapt your entire workflow around it and you're fine
  • it's ... fast?
  • it has such power

The last two are lies. And I was talking about vi here, in the hopes you'll get it. And like when I first used vi, the best thing was learning there were alternatives.

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