Lightweight IDE Alternatives

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Saturday, January 17, 2026

People are discussing the potential for more lightweight IDEs compared to VSCode, especially for "vibe coding" focused products.

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@_aj

I'm surprised that vibe coding products like Cursor are still based on VSCode which is such a memory hog. I vibe coded an IDE over the holidays that's way more lightweight, has the best features from Cursor but uses Claude Code. I now use it everyday!

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