Technology

Vim because it's ubiquitous, starts up instantly, works when ssh'd into a server, and doesn't get in my way with lots of busy interface. Also modal editors are the only way to go, IMHO. 🙂

I use Emacs. I used to really love Neovim but it breaks too often and I can't get myself to write my own configs. I tried all other Neovim alternatives (Kakoune, Helix,...) but they were all pretty immature. At the end, I learned to use Emacs and has been a happy user since.

I like Emacs because it is very extensible and IMHO it is easier to config than Neovim :) Emacs has a very large plugin repository so code integration is not a problem. I have been more productive since the switch. I think it got me addicted to programming, not gonna lie...

emacs has been with me since the 16-bit era, across paradigms, across generations, across careers. When I use emacs I think in terms of what the elisp is doing. It's such a deep and developed relationship, I would be throwing away so much personal power to use anything else.

Neovim, because I wanted something that would not just disappear.

I never really got along with VSCode, opting for Atom instead. Microsoft bought GitHub, which owned Atom, and promptly discontinued it.

Nvim has such an active community (and no "owner") that I'm certain that this won't happen again. At the same time, the plugin system is so flexible that I'm also certain that I will never miss out on any shiny new features.

Over the years, my config has matured, and is mine. The thought of going back to an editor, any editor, less flexible in its configuration than nvim is just... an absolute "no".

It's a steep learning curve, but well worth it.

Neovim.

I use Zed Yeah the agentic ai feature is nice and all but I don’t use it much. However the whole speed of it and the layout of the ui is very close to my heart eg.: native remote server connection or you can hide stuff away to be distraction free. Tldr.: feels nice, looks nice

I use jetbrains. The maturity of the automated refactorings is hard to ignore once you get used to it.

Admittedly, I've been getting more and more annoyed with the lack of working refactorings in typescript.

When possible JetBrains IDEs. The downside of this: other (has not tested that much to be honest) IDEs can feel like better text editors or outdated IDEs...

Why: They feel like every important aspect of development is thought through and covered in a good to very good manner or there is an addon for the missing aspect. The stable version almost never has any problems...

I think thats it.

Spacemacs. I learned some keybinds for vim but don’t want to have to configure everything to the tee and add everything myself. Spacemacs seems to hit the spot for most stuff. For debugging I sometimes fall back to vscode.

Helix, it’s like vim but with sane defaults.

Visual Studio Code, I think it's just the best, works on all platforms and there's extensions for literally everything. If it enshittifies too much with e.g. copilot, etc. there's always vscodium instead.

If I'm on a linux terminal, I use the micro editor. I can survive using vim if nothing else is available, but yeah, I used to be in emacs team back in the day...

I have used Qt Creator in the past and, while it was pretty good back then, nowadays I'm not sure if it can compete with vscode, I haven't kept up with its development.

Eclipse for the behemoth that runs most of the company and the collection of microservices; IntelliJ or Webstorm for front-end depending on the project; QT Creator for personal Python projects on Linux, Visual Studio for personal .NET projects on Windows. VS Code is a wildcard that I use more as a text editor than an IDE.

nano because I can't be bothered to learn the vi shortcuts beyond i, / and :wq.

And when I still worked on bigger stuff NetBeans. I got used to it and there were some features JetBrains lacked that kept me away. Can't remember which.

VScode locally, vim if I'm shelled into something

Used to use sublimetext, but roughly a decade ago VSCode ended up getting a lot of inertia, and that resulted in better plugins (at the time anyway)

I've used the jetbrains stuff and I do not get the hype whatsoever, it's bloaty and cumbersome.

One of the main reasons I switched from vim as my main was ping-pong pair programming. I'm not gonna be the arsehole that tries to force a junior dev to figure out vim instead of actually working on the ticket. Still 100% my go-to in text mode though, it's basically perfect.

neovim, because it's much nicer and user friendly than vim.

Emacs since it’sa trojan horse for an operating system on an operating system.

VSCodium bcus AI coding extensions

KEIL, because I develop embedded systems.

VSCode because I'm too lazy to learn Vim and I'm not enough of a masochist to configure emacs.

Depends.

Mostly vscodium with a pinned c/++ plugin 'cos M$ eee'd it. It's a fairly decent IDE and I have basic needs.
And vim, although not pimped enough (yet).

Kate/Kwrite.

I use nano and geany at home. Both simple to use.

At work it's jetbrains because that's my only option besides notepad++

mcedit, because I'm not nerdy enough for vim.