When was the last time you used Atom?<p>It&#x27;s definitely not the fastest opening editor, and it does have performance issues, but they tend to be more rare than common.<p>The 2 that bite me are:<p>* the update&#x2F;install screens in the settings tend to be a bit slow<p>* opening &quot;large&quot; files that have 1000+ characters per line will either hang or crash the browser depending on the size. If it&#x27;s a &quot;normal&quot; looking source file, it runs like a dream with files up to 5gb+ (the largest i&#x27;ve used it for), but if it&#x27;s something like a minified javascript file, a few kb is enough to hang the editor.<p>Outside of those 2 issues, i don&#x27;t see any lag or stuttering in my normal use, and i&#x27;ve got about 70 plugins on top of the defaults.<p>But to answer your question, it&#x27;s the customizability and the massive number of plugins that draws me. Plus it&#x27;s fucking beautiful, and i know this isn&#x27;t the most popular opinion, but if i&#x27;m going to stare at this thing for 6+ hours a day, i want it to look good!