VS Code uses 13% CPU when idle due to blinking cursor rendering
It just doesn&#x27;t go in my head that we are building text editors inside a web browser! I get it, there are many good use cases for Electron and it&#x27;s easy to get started with cross platform support, but why is everybody going crazy about text editors in them? Because you can write plugins in JS?<p>Wouldn&#x27;t it be better to make native application, especially for code editors, where developers spend most of their time, where every noticeable lag and glitches are not appreciated.<p>Edit: Many people here think that I am attacking this web based kind of technology, which I am not, and sorry for not being clear enough, but why chose something so high up the stack for dev tool?<p>Edit2: For non-believers in nested comments, look -&gt; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;jhallen&#x2F;joes-sandbox&#x2F;tree&#x2F;master&#x2F;editor-perf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;jhallen&#x2F;joes-sandbox&#x2F;tree&#x2F;master&#x2F;editor-p...</a>