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I've been using IntelliJ IDEA since 2002. I used to get excited every time IntelliJ IDEA released a new version. But in recent years I find the improvements in a new version are marginal. I guess that is a sign of it being a rich and complete product. I no longer upgrade and find myself saying "wow, that's a great improvement" for a few weeks.

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I think the changes get subtler. I also have been using it since 2002; it's really good to re-view what you can do as it's so easy to miss the plethora of subtle new features.

Here's a cool video of tips and tricks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsVWdGOnHZU

Agreed. Every once in a while I use a slightly older version and quickly ask myself how I ever was able to get by. I use Scala as my daily language though so that's a spot where their support might be improving at a more rapid pace.

I'm in a similar boat with using IntelliJ super early on, and while I agree that the changes don't seem as huge as they were in the early days (mainly because, as you noted, it's now a fairly rich and complete product), they still are providing some cool features. For instance, in IntelliJ 14.1, they added a Java decompiler with debugging capabilities, so you can now ctrl+click into compiled code and set breakpoints. (http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2015/02/debug-decompiled-code...) .. that's been pretty cool for my workflow, at least.

Aaaaaaaand you've answered the "why switch from one-time payments to a subscription model?" question.

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