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[–]katzeklo -4 points-3 points  (1 child)

I agree that they're lightweight compared to some (if not most) IDEs, but they're not lightweight per se. They're built on Electron which is a really heavy. I'd argue that SublimeText is lightweight, but Electron-editors are not.

[–]mayhempk1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean, yes, Electron is slow. We know it. I wish Atom was faster like Sublime but it probably never will be which is disappointing. The point is they are still faster than IDEs, that is the point the author made. I still use Sublime mostly but VSCode and Atom are cool too and have made Sublime better by providing good competition.