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malfisttoday at 1:22 PM1 replyview on HN

How the hell is an IDE a "pareto frontier"? Even if, say composer 2.5 is a huge leap forward, that doesn't mean IntelliJ or Vim or Emacs or Codex got worse.

IDE improvements are not a zero sum game.


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lallysinghtoday at 1:25 PM

In a competitive environment, it's precisely that. An improvement in product A takes customers from B and C.

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