You Either Die A Text Editor Or Live Long Enough To Become Notepad++"

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You Either Die A Text Editor Or Live Long Enough To Become Notepad++"

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The developer's journey from simple text editor to fancy IDE is a lie. We all start with dreams of VS Code, Atom, or Emacs, but when the server's burning at 3AM, there you are - crawling back to Notepad++ like it's an ex you swore you'd never text again. The fancy IDEs with their intellisense and plugins are just a phase. Notepad++ is waiting at the finish line with that smug little gecko mascot saying "I told you so." Some relationships just can't be escaped.

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