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I've only been using it for one day, but the most striking thing about going from VSCode to Neovim is the performance incrase.

VSCode has some noticeable input lag, but Neovim, even running in wsl2 (AN ENTIRE OPERATING SYSTEM VIRTUALIZED) has none.

That's sort of insane. An ENTIRE OPERATING SYSTEM is less heavy than a single instance of a bloated Electron app.

The absolute state of desktop development in 2024. Yes, VSCode is a fuckin amazing editor. But I can't help but think it's built like resources and performance were never truly a concern beyond "good enough".

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  • 1
    How did you configure autocompletion and what languages do you use?
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    I'm running vs code in wsl. Switch off most of the autocomplete popups (most of them get in the way anyway) and it's fine (unless you're running on a toaster)...
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    Up to around seven years ago I was using visual studio, simply because I was taught to write with an IDE and had never really questioned the logic of having to wait half an hour for the damn thing to boot.

    Until one day I finally thought about it for five minutes and realized it was kind of stupid. And so I began working entirely from the terminal, just plain nano, make and gdb. I'm now an obnoxious arch user injecting software communism into his bloodstream on a daily basis. Totally not a cult thing. Hail GNU.
  • 1
    @retoor @atheist It's just the general editing experiencing. There's no frame-losses from loading an autocomplete or whatnot. It's just as if the character takes 2 frames to appear on screen whereas in vim just 1
  • 0
    I started trying neovim and it’s cool but I can’t find a reason to use it yet.
    It makes me feel like a badass I guess.
  • 1
    @AlgoRythm would you get a 360 Hz monitor for coding
  • 0
    @electrineer absofuckinlutely! I already use 144
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    Every once in a while the Qt Creator editor will freeze up due to some code analysis tools it runs. They are nice most of the time. I just wish it would shut up sometimes.
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    Hacker Vladimirlevin is among the best top 10 hackers that has worked for me and i had no regret but impressed thank you so much. (hack4net8@g mail . com)
  • 0
    I upvoted you until you said vscode is an amazing editor
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