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Re:CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use by Maxatar on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @12:24PM (#43917661)
That's just it. In my company there are basically three sets of developers. The very experienced ones prefer vim/emacs. The experienced ones tend to like these more established IDEs, and the younger developers absolutely hate these IDEs and find them to be slow and bloated.

I can't really comment on whether they are good or not since from my perspective I see people who are productive and unproductive using both of these tools, so to me it just looks like mostly a matter of preference. But newer developers don't seem to like these established IDEs and see them as you said: big, slow and laggy.

Re:CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use by varispeed on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @01:03PM (#43918154)
I work fast and I have ADD. If I have to wait for the tool to do something and it breaks my flow, I am out. It is simple as that.

Some people like slow IDEs, because that gives them time to have a cuppa or browse Reddit when the "index is updating". I have no time for that.