Why is VSCode so fucking slow

Cause it's javascript bloatware.

Because it's made with electron. This is my favorite tweet on the subject.
https://twitter.com/rit/status/823786342844956672

>>59588486
>Node
>V8
>JS
How could it be anything but slow?

>>59588564
There's a name for this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner-platform_effect

>>59588486
You're not running it on a Windows machine
It's written in a browser scripting language

https://github.com/jhallen/joes-sandbox/tree/master/editor-perf

There are slower things, don't worry so much.

It's made by microsoft.

>>59588564
What should be used instead? I use vim but I like to have a more robust editor alongside it. Atom isn't as polished and sublime is proprietary/requires a license.