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> How many developers are using VSCode? How does that number compare with Emacs/Vim? Perhaps I'm in some sort of "TUI bubble", but I'd bet good money that Emac
by jazzyb 7mo ago
> How many developers are using VSCode? How does that number compare with Emacs/Vim?
Perhaps I'm in some sort of "TUI bubble", but I'd bet good money that Emacs/Vim users outnumber VSCode users by an order of magnitude. But maybe I'm just surrounded by *nix devs.
- chrisweekly 7mo agoI'll take that bet
- 9dev 7mo agoNo need to guess, the SO survey is probably still representative of the state of development environments: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/technology#1-dev-id-es https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/technology#1-dev-id-es Note that respondents may use multiple tools, but around 76% answered VSCode, whereas 24% answered Vim. So, I’d wager you’re indeed in a *nix bubble.
- coldtea 7mo agoIt's more indicative of the state of SO users. Care to bet even those 24% vim devs code circles around the VSCode ones?
- JCattheATM 7mo agoThat's no sure thing - plenty of vim users are new or not particularly knowledgeable, they just chose their village' for various reasons.
- jazzyb 7mo agoThat is so different than I expected. Thank you for the link.
- einpoklum 7mo agoThe SO survey was skewed to begin with, and by 2025 it covers a much reduced fraction of past users. See: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/437921/1593077 https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/437921/1593077 Not that your conclusion is necessarily wrong of course.
- troupo 7mo ago> but I'd bet good money that Emacs/Vim users outnumber VSCode users by an order of magnitude No, no they don't. Enterprise and gaming alone would easily invalidate your bet.