I fired up VSCode for the first time in months because I thought it would be a good tool to introduce a friend to LLM-assisted coding. I was so totally overwhelmed by the interface (after using VSCode every day for years!) that I gave up. I've gotten to used to the visual simplicity of Zed + terminal, or often just a terminal.
replyHonestly it is probably time I start using Vim.
replyVim is great. But Zed is more like VSCode in usage. And more lightweight too. Not as lightweight as vim tho :)
replyI had to traverse two symlinks to find it but the vim binary is 4.4MB in size here. It does link 13 libs including the mighty standard C library at 2.1MB.
replyI suppose I could crank out the compiler and create a stripped static binary for it. Nope, bugger that, I'll drink more wine instead.
My Commodore 64 is glaring at me 8)
This feels like the effective death of VSCode.
replyI want to believe this post is sarcastic. But sadly you just can’t be sure…
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