For me, they both fall into the "I can't stand this because it is too slow" category. So same difference. I have used vscode from time to time because I wanted to use certain plugins, but dropped it after a month or two every time STRICTLY because of performance (even without plugins). Like literally, the only reason I dropped it.

It's text editing. If it isn't instant, it's slow. Even for gui text editors, Sublime Text has had that dialed for like 15 years. VSCode intentionally traded performance for ecosystem (and to great success)! But imo, newer editors like Zed have better bones, and are going to slowly but surely eat their lunch.

edit: see other thread; but I guess vscode is instant if your machine is better than mine? 🤷 But not my experience.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Im not sure what you are doing but vscode is extremely fast unless you throw a several megabytes data file at it which then it bogs down. But even then, its only at loading the file since it loads the whole thing into memory instead of a buffer.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

My laptop definitely prefers Emacs. VSCode is just another electron app after all.

[–] bpev@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

If it is fast enough for you, then that’s great. You should keep using it.