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The only good thing to come from this new editor so far is the frank statement by the original Atom Developers (who invented Electron, just to run Atom) admitted that Electron is not a good solution for a code editor, because who in the heck wants to edit their code in a web browser anyway.
Now we just need to convince the devs of Keybase and Obsidian the same.
Well, looking at how popular VSCode is, looks like people don't mind the web browser thing
What VSCode uses is a super cut down and highly optimised version of electron, designed specifically to run a code editor. It's still not as good as real native code, but a lot of people are willing to put up with it because the plugins available for VSCode are pretty good.
People put up with it because, really, most people don't care if the technology is a little wacky as long as the features are good.
Keybase is pretty much abandoned after Zoom acquired them.
Hmm, I somehow missed that update. Thanks for making me aware.