Lapce – Fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust

Re:Lapce – Fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust by Fnoord on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @08:42AM (#29551360)

> Oh, yeah, and it's fucking expensive...

~80 USD per user (not per computer, per user), and then you have support for that version the X upcoming years. I understand 80 USD is a lot of money for some people, but I would argue for businesses it isn't and it isn't if you compare it to other stuff. Which requires subscription, or lets you pay with your data / advertising. Even if FOSS, that's arguably worse.

(I use Sublime and Vim, sometimes Vi, and on Citrix we got Notepad++ which is Windows-only.)

> Personally, I just don't feel comfortable working with sensitive information or proto-executables in closed-source software.

For starters, you could decide to not not hang it on a network 24/7. Or hang it in a different VLAN than the stuff on your network using Log4j.

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Re:Lapce – Fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust by azeirah on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @09:53AM (#29552149)

Eh, 80 dollars is pretty expensive yeah, but I bought my Sublime Text 3 beta license like 6 years ago while I was a student. I had like 200$ to my name back then and felt like it was worth it despite not even adding anything to my experience other than removing the "please activate sublime" popup.

I have access to Sublime Text 3, and even to the Sublime Text 4 beta.

I also pay the yearly Jetbrains full-suite subscription.

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Re:Lapce – Fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust by monopoledance on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @09:11PM (#29561194)

You do you. For me, that editor is not 80 USD better than... well, there are a lot of great alternatives. It's not even like Sublime is flawless, and I am not sure I would use it, if it was FOSS (tho, then it may become flawless over time).

Also, apparently it's $100 USD now. C'mon, 100 bucks for a basic text editor?!

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Re:Lapce – Fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust by cweagans on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:36AM (#29593574)

$100 per compared to however much you make per year using that tool is nothing if that tool makes you more productive. Personally, I haven’t found a lot of great alternatives. Picking the best text editor is like picking the best mail client: you settle for the least shitty one. I am happy to pay good developers for good tools that make me more productive. Focusing on open source at all costs is a great way to ignore the actual costs of those tools.

Also, developers are spoiled af. Imagine if you worked in industrial design or something. The standard there is something like solidworks or autocad. You’d get laughed out of the room if you tried to stumble through with some open source alternative. Just the software can be $x000/year and that’s not even considering the hardware that some might need to stay productive. You want to actually prototype something? Pony up another pile of money for a CNC or a laser cutter or whatever + the operator time (if you don’t know how to do it) + the materials.

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