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My cousin asked why I still use Notepad to write code and I didn't have a good answer
We were at a cookout in Akron last weekend and he saw me editing a Python file on my laptop. He flat out laughed and asked why I'm not using VS Code or PyCharm like a normal person in 2025. I said I just got used to it when I started learning 8 months ago and never switched.
But here's the thing, his question bugged me. Am I making this way harder on myself? I've got no autocomplete, no error highlighting, nothing. I just run my script, read the red text, and go fix it. Part of me thinks that's teaching me more. The other part thinks I'm just being stubborn for no reason.
For people who switched from a plain text editor to a real IDE, how much did it actually change things for you? Did it speed you up or did you lose something?
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