Re:Ask HN: Is the Atom good enough to use?
by AndrewGarner on Saturday November 07, 2015 @12:44PM
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I found that Visual Studio Code is much faster than Atom, even though they are both built on Electron.
I'm using version 1.1.0.
It used to not even let me open anything but the smallest files. I think the limit was a mere 2 MB!
I do not get that denial any longer but it still feels slow especially for larger files.
Sometimes I have to open 500 MB text files. Atom cannot handle them, while they open nearly instantly using MacVim.
So in these modern days I use MacVim more than I use Atom.