From a977680a6cee284113aa321ec7d9cd22312d5855 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Kosarek Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 16:34:23 -0400 Subject: minor fixes --- src/content/posts/jetbrains.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/content') diff --git a/src/content/posts/jetbrains.md b/src/content/posts/jetbrains.md index ac17821..5d800af 100644 --- a/src/content/posts/jetbrains.md +++ b/src/content/posts/jetbrains.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ I want to love these products. I find the UI easy to understand. I find their de me to debug my problems with fantastic insight. All of the core ideas of JetBrains products are solid and well executed. For this reason, I really want to love them. I want to use CLion every day. -But there is one teeny tiny problem: **the tool is so fricken slow**. +But there is one teeny tiny problem: **the tool is so fricken slow**. It is so remarkably slow, and I cannot begin to understand these people that are telling me that it runs fast. Granted, I tend to run older hardware, but it seems that *most* other programs on my machine run @@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ simple editing tasks feel sluggish. Here is a tiny list of some the frustrations that I've encountered: -- I cannot instantly create a new file. I have to go through some "Create File" popup that *literally* has +- I cannot instantly create a new file. I have to go through some "Create File" popup that *literally* has a loading screen associated with it. Why do I have to **load** to create a new file? The slow down does not happen all of the time, but enough that I hesitate when wanting to create a new file. -- The startup times are just abysmal. It makes me not want to open my editor, which makes me hesitate to start doing +- The startup times are just abysmal. It makes me not want to open my editor, which makes me hesitate to start doing work. If I have to sit their and stare at a splash screen at all, then I think something is wrong. -- Switching projects has abysmal performance as well. +- Switching projects has abysmal performance as well. - Remote Development has some weird quirks where - especially on slow machines - I will get disconnected abruptly. - I cannot for the life of me understand why it keeps re-indexing my codebase in certain circumstances. Perhaps this is some on-again off-again bug, but it comes back to bite me constantly. -- The install is gigantic on disk, leading me to avoid it on my older machines where space is limited. +- The install is gigantic on disk, leading me to avoid it on my older machines where space is limited. When all of these tiny issues come together, it makes me **NOT** want to program. I don't want to sit around and wait for startup times to get my ideas onto the screen. I don't want to worry that my CPU or RAM is going to be exhaused -- cgit v1.2.1