My primary development environment is Emacs for around 7-8 years now I think (used to be pretty proficient Vim user before). I mainly program in C++ and Python, but often hack on Java, Go, Rust and Haskell. I have heavily configured my Emacs, and window/buffer/workspace/panels/keybindings (you name it) work exactly the way I want -- and its muscle memory -- to the extend that I feel paralyzed in anything else -- even if it has much reliable code browser/completion or feature X/Y.
So here's my two cents:
Even though Emacs is not mainstream, I somewhat agree that the ecosystem is much better now and I can get to configure it as IDE. Sometimes things break, sometimes it takes frustrating amount of time to configure/fix things -- which is probably 1 click away in VSCode. And regardless anything, despite LSP, nothing just works out of box or is immediately obvious. And for these reason alone I think the mainstream IDEs are here to stay.
That said, I don't care (or think doesn't matter) if Emacs remains mainstream or not, as long as the ecosystem remains healthy and strong, and it gets the work done. It will keep it afloat like past whatever 30-40 years. However, that doesn't mean it can survive without being competitive. For me, the single BIGGEST ISSUE that made me consider trying VSCode is performance. On two companies I've worked with, the C++ parser performance with LSP running is just purely BAD (more so on MacOS I think). And quite honestly I can see myself getting frustrated enough someday and move.
So here's my two cents:
Even though Emacs is not mainstream, I somewhat agree that the ecosystem is much better now and I can get to configure it as IDE. Sometimes things break, sometimes it takes frustrating amount of time to configure/fix things -- which is probably 1 click away in VSCode. And regardless anything, despite LSP, nothing just works out of box or is immediately obvious. And for these reason alone I think the mainstream IDEs are here to stay.
That said, I don't care (or think doesn't matter) if Emacs remains mainstream or not, as long as the ecosystem remains healthy and strong, and it gets the work done. It will keep it afloat like past whatever 30-40 years. However, that doesn't mean it can survive without being competitive. For me, the single BIGGEST ISSUE that made me consider trying VSCode is performance. On two companies I've worked with, the C++ parser performance with LSP running is just purely BAD (more so on MacOS I think). And quite honestly I can see myself getting frustrated enough someday and move.