Critics question need for rebuild when IntelliJ is already open-source
3 Nov 1 5:41 AM · 10d ago · 2 comments · 1 source · development 3 of 4
Commenters point out IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition has been free and open-source since 2009, and raise concerns that performance benchmarks lack feature parity.
“why do we even need the rebuilt? idea is already opensource[0]. In the benchmark[1] the cpu, memory and quit time (!) are compared, but does it makes any sense without feature parity?”
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why do we even need the rebuilt? idea is already opensource[0].In the benchmark[1] the cpu, memory and quit time (!) are compared, but does it makes any sense without feature parity?[0]:
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Uses Typescript for the most part, not much better than Electron stuff, cannot use the InteliJ plugins powered by the JVM, it is vibe coded, no thanks.
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