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Re: Ask HN: What Happened to GitHub's Atom?

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Post by ChymeraXYZ »

abricot wrote: post #22
d-d wrote: post #11

I honestly don't get why people use Atom or even VS code for that matter. Vim and emacs come shipped with many systems, have good plugins, and are waaaay faster; not to mention no telemetry!

Vim key combinations are awful for many non-US keyboard layouts. Many combinations can't even be done (you can't hold down shift twice for examble)

a) You are free to rebind everything, b) In my experience when coding (most common use case for vim I think) most non-US keyboard layouts are miserable to use anyways..., c) Use what works for you!

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to GitHub's Atom?

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Post by Tajnymag »

namanaggarwal wrote: post #9

VS code is a better editor than atom, just like Chrome is better browser than others (imho based on number of browser downloads). I don't know if it would make sense for the company to keep two competing(free) products. It would be great to see download statistics and see if Atom makes sense anymore for MS

Chrome is better than Firefox? You are joking, right?

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to GitHub's Atom?

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Post by kyledrake »

I still use Atom and it works great for me. Just because someone isn't blasting code in it constantly doesn't mean it's dead (infact I usually prefer it to constant, chaotically high levels of change). How often does rsync change and does that prevent anyone from using it?

That said if I was going to switch to something I would probably go back to sublime (which I have a license for). Microsoft is dumping a lot of money on the coding space right now and I'm really not interested in finding out why the hard way.

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to GitHub's Atom?

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Post by qmmmur »

Tajnymag wrote: post #32
namanaggarwal wrote: post #9

VS code is a better editor than atom, just like Chrome is better browser than others (imho based on number of browser downloads). I don't know if it would make sense for the company to keep two competing(free) products. It would be great to see download statistics and see if Atom makes sense anymore for MS

Chrome is better than Firefox? You are joking, right?

Based on the number of downloads. Not a good metric but that explains how logic.

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to GitHub's Atom?

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Post by namanaggarwal »

Tajnymag wrote: post #32
namanaggarwal wrote: post #9

VS code is a better editor than atom, just like Chrome is better browser than others (imho based on number of browser downloads). I don't know if it would make sense for the company to keep two competing(free) products. It would be great to see download statistics and see if Atom makes sense anymore for MS

Chrome is better than Firefox? You are joking, right?

I think you missed the full comment. I said in terms of downloads which is the primary factor for companies investing in them. This might be an unpopular opinion considering the negative votes on my comment, but numbers speak otherwise

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to GitHub's Atom?

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Post by SwiftyBug »

geoah wrote: post #30
null4bl3 wrote: post #24

For all the people going with "just use vscode" at least use VSCodium as it is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VSCode https://vscodium.com/

I don’t really mind the telemetry vscode sends. There are only so many ways the developers of an application can get feedback on usage and performance patterns. Metrics are important in any service or product you build as it allows you to better understand your user and adjust your product or roadmap. I also remember the option to disable the telemetry has been added but it still reported the fact that you disabled i…

It's so sad that we are living in an age where you cannot trust any sort of telemetry in fear of having your data exploited.
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