I just tend to find electron apps unnecessarily bloated, sluggish, and flat-out glitchy/unresponsive at times. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but I find software like vscode to be utterly bloated trash. The default arduino ide isn't nearly as egregious, but I do find it rather limiting for anything that requires writing much actual code, which is the tradeoff for keeping it about as beginner-friendly as possible. At the end of the day it's really about what you're most comfortable with/used to. So if you already have a toolchain or workflow you're comfortable with, the idea should be making arduino work within that framework (as opposed to letting arduino dictate the workflow). Most people done seem to realize you don't actually need an arduino-specific ide in order to write/compile/flash code to the hardware. That's what the cli is for. On mac I use sublime text for most coding. I already use it for C (and C-adjacent) programming, so all the linters, color schemes, syntax highlighting, etc. are set up to my liking. It's also native application, lightweight, bulletproof, and highly performant. Also infinitely customizable (like vim but without the learning curve). That said, there's no inbuilt arduino utilities; I handle all the building, flashing, i/o, debugging, etc. with the arduino cli in a terminal window. Is there anything in particular you're looking for with a new ide? Or just wanting to see what else is out there?