"In the past, programmers worked with platform-specific, fast, lightweight native code editors, but beautiful, cross-platform, hybrid code editors changed everyone's minds - programmers started using heavyweight hybrid editors on their powerful hardware. They started upgrading hardware continuously to run these heavyweight hybrid code editors solely because of their modern look and feel, trend, and productivity-focused features. That's how VSCode became the software industry's default code editor."
"Fortunately, programmers began to realize the hidden performance issues of VSCode and other popular hybrid code editors and started seeking native VSCode alternatives. The recent native VSCode alternative movement has brought modern, fast, and native VSCode-like code editors, including Zed, Lapce, Lite, Lite XL, and ecode, challenging VSCode's dominance. Rust and C-backed implementations were a major reason behind these alternative editors' popularity."
Programmers initially favored platform-specific, fast, lightweight native code editors. Beautiful, cross-platform hybrid editors shifted preferences toward heavyweight hybrid editors despite their resource demands. Developers upgraded hardware to run these hybrid editors for modern look, trends, and productivity features, leading VSCode to become the industry's default code editor. Hidden performance issues in VSCode and other hybrid editors prompted a search for native VSCode alternatives. A movement produced modern, fast, native VSCode-like editors such as Zed, Lapce, Lite, Lite XL, and ecode. Rust and C-backed implementations contributed to their popularity. CudaText provides a fast, native VSCode alternative implemented in Free Pascal with a unique programming environment and modern features.
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