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I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium

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Re: I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium

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Post by realusername »

jmyeet wrote: post #20

What I find truly bizarre is how many software engineers, who are aware of how much they earn and how long it really takes to make software, are so resistant to paying anything for tools that make their job easier and faster. It blows my mind. Take the Jetbrains IDEs. I don't mean to offend any VSC fans out there but the Jetbrains IDEs are simply better and more mature in every single way. For individual use, most of…

> Take the Jetbrains IDEs. I don't mean to offend any VSC fans out there but the Jetbrains IDEs are simply better and more mature in every single way. For individual use, most of them are They just aren't, I would not switch to Jetbrains from VSCode even if it was free. It's not a question of pricing and Jetbrains themselves started to realise it since they are building some VSC clone (forgot the name right now)

Re: I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium

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Post by refulgentis »

blip54321 wrote: post #33
jmyeet wrote: post #20

What I find truly bizarre is how many software engineers, who are aware of how much they earn and how long it really takes to make software, are so resistant to paying anything for tools that make their job easier and faster. It blows my mind. Take the Jetbrains IDEs. I don't mean to offend any VSC fans out there but the Jetbrains IDEs are simply better and more mature in every single way. For individual use, most of…

I think most of us value our freedom more. Most people don't think of it in terms of freedom, but freedom it is. With proprietary software: - You don't know when it will disappear or be discontinued. Even your paid-for existing version stops working when the activation servers go down. - You might be forced into an "upgrade" which breaks something you rely on - That's not to mention issues like being able to fix bugs…

Devs don't pay for tooling because it might be discontinued or have a paid upgrade? That seems short-sighted and perhaps an argument in search of a proponent.

Re: I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium

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Post by II2II »

jmyeet wrote: post #20

What I find truly bizarre is how many software engineers, who are aware of how much they earn and how long it really takes to make software, are so resistant to paying anything for tools that make their job easier and faster. It blows my mind. Take the Jetbrains IDEs. I don't mean to offend any VSC fans out there but the Jetbrains IDEs are simply better and more mature in every single way. For individual use, most of…

I have used modern editors. For the most part they are amazing. That being said, I always end up returning to the same old open source editor. Much of the reason can be attributed to one quality: it has been around for as long as I have been alive and it will likely be around long after I am gone. This means that I am continually building upon prior skills, rather than tossing them out the window each time a new fad comes along or a vendor goes out of business. Incidentally, this is also why I don't see the payoff from commercial editors as being easily quantifiable. They may do a rather good job at reducing the learning curve, but they cannot eliminate it.

Re: I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium

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Post by lukastyrychtr »

jmyeet wrote: post #20

What I find truly bizarre is how many software engineers, who are aware of how much they earn and how long it really takes to make software, are so resistant to paying anything for tools that make their job easier and faster. It blows my mind. Take the Jetbrains IDEs. I don't mean to offend any VSC fans out there but the Jetbrains IDEs are simply better and more mature in every single way. For individual use, most of…

Unfortunately for the paid IDEs, even the accessibility for screen readers is much better in VSC.

Re: I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium

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Post by mrunkel »

sampo wrote: post #46
mattl wrote: post #3

(Proprietary is spelled propriety in a few places.) I’m surprised VS Codium is so well packaged..

And principle is spelled principal in one place. I wonder if principle/principal border/boarder could have/could of their/they're its/it's will just become accepted alternative English spellings in time?

Given that principle and principal are two different things, I hope not.

Re: I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium

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Post by lelanthran »

jmyeet wrote: post #20

What I find truly bizarre is how many software engineers, who are aware of how much they earn and how long it really takes to make software, are so resistant to paying anything for tools that make their job easier and faster. It blows my mind. Take the Jetbrains IDEs. I don't mean to offend any VSC fans out there but the Jetbrains IDEs are simply better and more mature in every single way. For individual use, most of…

I can afford lots of things, doesn't mean I'm going to buy them.

What's bizarre about that? The only Bizarre Attitude I see here is yours: that there exists a best option and why aren't more people taking it?

There's no such thing as a "Best Option".

Re: I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium

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Post by ValleZ »

jmyeet wrote: post #20

What I find truly bizarre is how many software engineers, who are aware of how much they earn and how long it really takes to make software, are so resistant to paying anything for tools that make their job easier and faster. It blows my mind. Take the Jetbrains IDEs. I don't mean to offend any VSC fans out there but the Jetbrains IDEs are simply better and more mature in every single way. For individual use, most of…

This is because most developers are not willing to learn even basic code completion and refactoring functions in IDE. When you write constructors and getters by hand in Intellij Idea, chances are you won’t pay for that.

Re: I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium

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Post by nojito »

blip54321 wrote: post #33
jmyeet wrote: post #20

What I find truly bizarre is how many software engineers, who are aware of how much they earn and how long it really takes to make software, are so resistant to paying anything for tools that make their job easier and faster. It blows my mind. Take the Jetbrains IDEs. I don't mean to offend any VSC fans out there but the Jetbrains IDEs are simply better and more mature in every single way. For individual use, most of…

I think most of us value our freedom more. Most people don't think of it in terms of freedom, but freedom it is. With proprietary software: - You don't know when it will disappear or be discontinued. Even your paid-for existing version stops working when the activation servers go down. - You might be forced into an "upgrade" which breaks something you rely on - That's not to mention issues like being able to fix bugs…

Nothing to do with freedom. People are naturally cheap.

Which is why free tiers are so popular.

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