A lightweight code editor with Vim mode, Git integration, and more
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Re: A lightweight code editor with Vim mode, Git integration, and more
#2> HOW DOES ATHAS COMPARE TO OTHER EDITORS?
> Athas is an opinionated but highly customizable code editor, aiming to be lighter on resources
From Github:
> built with React, TypeScript, and Tauri
With all due honesty, this is not lightweight at all compared to other editors.
Re: A lightweight code editor with Vim mode, Git integration, and more
#3Why are there so many people making code editors?
It seems like we've hit a veritable Cambrian explosion of editors and I don't understand what market signals are being picked up where people find the editors insufficient.
Re: A lightweight code editor with Vim mode, Git integration, and more
#4Why are there so many people making code editors? It seems like we've hit a veritable Cambrian explosion of editors and I don't understand what market signals are being picked up where people find the editors insufficient.
Software is changing, everything is up for grabs. Lots of people are making Notion clones, slack clones, browsers, IDEs.
Re: A lightweight code editor with Vim mode, Git integration, and more
#5Why are there so many people making code editors? It seems like we've hit a veritable Cambrian explosion of editors and I don't understand what market signals are being picked up where people find the editors insufficient.
Software is changing, everything is up for grabs. Lots of people are making Notion clones, slack clones, browsers, IDEs.
> slack clones
As an anecdote - I really want to see consolidation here. All my chat services under one parent application. WhatsApp, Slack, Discord, Messenger.
I really don't care about the vendor for chat services, just exhausted of installing multiple clients and many of the clients being pretty garbage.
I would also like to say the same for many services. Online banking is top of mind for me right now as I have several bank accounts chasing competitive savings rates.
Re: A lightweight code editor with Vim mode, Git integration, and more
#6> HOW DOES ATHAS COMPARE TO OTHER EDITORS? > Athas is an opinionated but highly customizable code editor, aiming to be lighter on resources From Github: > built with React, TypeScript, and Tauri With all due honesty, this is not lightweight at all compared to other editors.
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Not what I'd expect from an informative page about a lightweight editor.
Re: A lightweight code editor with Vim mode, Git integration, and more
#7Why are there so many people making code editors? It seems like we've hit a veritable Cambrian explosion of editors and I don't understand what market signals are being picked up where people find the editors insufficient.
LSP for sure. I was itching to try my hand at it when they first got big, but never got around to it.
Re: A lightweight code editor with Vim mode, Git integration, and more
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Software is changing, everything is up for grabs. Lots of people are making Notion clones, slack clones, browsers, IDEs.
> slack clones As an anecdote - I really want to see consolidation here. All my chat services under one parent application. WhatsApp, Slack, Discord, Messenger. I really don't care about the vendor for chat services, just exhausted of installing multiple clients and many of the clients being pretty garbage. I would also like to say the same for many services. Online banking is top of mind for me right now as I have s…
I'm pretty sure you don't want Teams to be the winner of consolidation. Unfortunately it's for the advantage of being included for free for ever big company using M365. We are fighting a losing battle to keep Slack.
Re: A lightweight code editor with Vim mode, Git integration, and more
#9Does it really make sense to describe Athas as an editor with "agentic AI editing" if, by their own admission in the roadmap, they haven't even begun implementing it? Seems like they should be using the future tense or listing it as a planned feature.
Re: A lightweight code editor with Vim mode, Git integration, and more
#10When I see posts like this, I cant help but ask. How do you even build a code editor? What kinda of system design or OOP does it require. I couldnt find articles on HN searching for it so if anyone is reading, I super appreciate if you can share some links where talk about the methodology and thought process that goes into how to make a code editor from scratch