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Sublime + lsp with add-ons is pretty fast, but that probably strays too far from a real IDE. What ever a "Real" IDE is these days.

purely for speed i used to use sublimetext but got real annoyed for buy now messages.. but it shows performance is very important feature.. if i had a choice between vscode as it's now vs soemthing as fast as sublime but with all vscode stuff, definitely going for faster one.

> but got real annoyed for buy now messages..

And have you considered buying it?

i bought sublimetext like 10 years ago. can't remember exactly. the license is still usable til now.

best $70 i have ever spent.

I wanted to articulate what felt faster

- faster to switch files

- faster to type / input latency

- faster color coding of a file when you open it

- fast autocomplete (not type and wait)

- fast jumping to references (not click wait then new file opens up)

- fast startup time

- fast right clicks (not sure if i imagined it but right clicks felt instantaneous)

Geany comes to mind, as does Vim. KDE's Kate is also quite fast and well-rounded.