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PDE: A different take on editing code
TJ DeVries
TJ DeVries coins the term PDE (Personalized Development Environment) to describe editors like Neovim that you shape to your own workflow. He contrasts this with out-of-the-box IDEs and discusses why customizable tools appeal to developers.
It is the cited origin of the 'PDE' term, which HN uses when discussing vim, Neovim and Emacs as personally customized environments.
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