Furthermore, this release represents a broader sociological shift in software development. It signaled that developers were willing to trade a few hundred megabytes of RAM (the 64-bit overhead) for cognitive ease. The friction of managing memory, closing tabs, and relaunching the editor was replaced by the fluidity of always-on, always-ready tooling. VS Code 1703 64-bit taught a generation of developers that a heavy editor could feel light if the underlying architecture was robust.
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Furthermore, this release represents a broader sociological shift in software development. It signaled that developers were willing to trade a few hundred megabytes of RAM (the 64-bit overhead) for cognitive ease. The friction of managing memory, closing tabs, and relaunching the editor was replaced by the fluidity of always-on, always-ready tooling. VS Code 1703 64-bit taught a generation of developers that a heavy editor could feel light if the underlying architecture was robust.
