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Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by esMazer »

Shorel wrote: post #22
melling wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, someone complains about the resource usage in every Atom post. I feel likes it's a rehash of emacs vs vi debate from 30 years ago. Emacs needed many megabytes more than vi so people wouldn't use it. As time goes on the resource usage becomes less of a problem. My 4 year old laptop has 16GB of RAM and I don't really worry about it. I'll get 32GB or 64GB in my next computer. I never liked quibbling over memory. M…

> My time is much more important to me and I want the best tools. That's what I think, and the reason I use SublimeText.

I don't mind resource usage, but I want speed! and SublimeText delivers on that front!

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by 120bits »

I have never tried real time collaboration. What scenarios are there when you need real time collab. I know technical interviewers prefer this. Do you think it causes distraction when you have 2 people writing code on a same file. I would rather one finish and then do my stuff.

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by g051051 »

bad_user wrote: post #35
JPKab wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact that VS Code's version isn't ready yet, and Atom's is makes me think that Microsoft wanted to respond to Atom's announcement. But I honestly have no idea if that's the case. Just pure speculation. Edit: Atom's announcement was yesterday. Microsoft's was today. That further fuels my speculative hunch. :)

Microsoft is not known for finesse in their marketing tactics. Just had a déjà vu with Microsoft's NetPC, announced just after Sun Microsystem's Network Computers. That said, I do like VS Code very much. Gave Atom a try, but it felt sluggish and its add-ons were very fragile.

VS Code is certainly neat, but with the rush to cram everything into it, it's starting to feel more like emacs than vi.

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by atmos »

amadeusw wrote: post #30
JPKab wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact that VS Code's version isn't ready yet, and Atom's is makes me think that Microsoft wanted to respond to Atom's announcement. But I honestly have no idea if that's the case. Just pure speculation. Edit: Atom's announcement was yesterday. Microsoft's was today. That further fuels my speculative hunch. :)

Microsoft employee here. Today is also the Connect conference. My colleagues who worked on live share knew all along that Connect is their deadline. Which makes me curious, does Github know what Microsoft is going to announce at their conference, or did Microsoft knew what Github is building?

It looks like one of the main authors of atom is presenting today at QConSF too. Seems like dumb luck. :D

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by nikon »

JPKab wrote: post #8
AriaMinaei wrote: post #2

Is it only a coincidence that real-time collaboration is being announced both for Atom and VS Code ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15704376 ) at the same time?

The fact that VS Code's version isn't ready yet, and Atom's is makes me think that Microsoft wanted to respond to Atom's announcement. But I honestly have no idea if that's the case. Just pure speculation. Edit: Atom's announcement was yesterday. Microsoft's was today. That further fuels my speculative hunch. :)

Are you sure Atom's was yesterday? The blog posted is dated 15 November.

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by fro0116 »

andoma wrote: post #31
melling wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, someone complains about the resource usage in every Atom post. I feel likes it's a rehash of emacs vs vi debate from 30 years ago. Emacs needed many megabytes more than vi so people wouldn't use it. As time goes on the resource usage becomes less of a problem. My 4 year old laptop has 16GB of RAM and I don't really worry about it. I'll get 32GB or 64GB in my next computer. I never liked quibbling over memory. M…

Personally I don't mind RAM usage that much. I'm more concerned about excessive CPU usage resulting in unnecessary battery drain on my laptop or annoying fan-spinning.

Atom for me consistently sits at 0-0.1% (mostly 0) CPU usage when idling. You may want to investigate some of the extensions you're using if the numbers are different for you.

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by dopamean »

clebio wrote: post #28
jitl wrote: post #11

See also Floobits, which is a fully-realized, production ready service that allows collaborative real-time editing of your editors entire workspace. Floobits has plugins for all major editors, including Vim and IntelliJ, as well as Google Hangouts. https://floobits.com/ Disclosure: I used Floobits a few times and think it’s awesome 10/10

Except, it's not Vim, it's Neovim.

Might it work in vim8 now?

Re: Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom

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Post by Antrikshy »

120bits wrote: post #43

I have never tried real time collaboration. What scenarios are there when you need real time collab. I know technical interviewers prefer this. Do you think it causes distraction when you have 2 people writing code on a same file. I would rather one finish and then do my stuff.

Ever been to a hackathon? It's hard to coordinate over Git when you're just getting started on a codebase and there's barely anything for the 3 other people to work on. I've used Cloud9 for this very successfully in the past.
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