Sublime Text is the better option right now. Atom is still (too) slow. Can handle pure programming, remote files over ssh, [1] complex builds, and act as a one-

Sublime Text is the better option right now. Atom is still (too) slow. Can handle pure programming, remote files over ssh, [1] complex builds, and act as a one-stop-shop for all your writing needs. [2] [1] http://log.liminastudio.com/writing/tutorials/sublime-tunnel-of-love-how-to-edit-remote-files-with-sublime-text-via-an-ssh-tunnel http://log.liminastudio.com/writing/tutorials/sublime-tunnel... [2] My personal experience/setup: write in Markdown, export to pretty much every file format using Pandoc (binds nicely with a ST package) and custom Pandoc builds/templates. For instance, I export native Markdown to Tufte Handouts LaTeX-generated PDFs. Love this.